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...Chess grand master and activist Garry Kasparov with his wife Dasha
...Instead, however, the firing of Chaudry has turned into a political crisis for Musharraf, as massive crowds continue to demonstrate their support for the 59-year-old lawyer from Quetta. His journey last weekend from Islamabad to Lahore on the historic Grand Trunk Road, usually a four-hour drive, turned into 24-hour odyssey as tens of thousands of people clogged the 200-mile stretch of road to catch a glimpse of the man who has become the country's most popular figure. The mood of the crowds was virulently anti-government, as protesters demanded that Musharraf step down...
...what's the holdup? Like most problems, it boils down to simple dollars and cents. Schools just don't want to pay the money. The average AED now costs about $1,500 and some are even available for less than a grand. But buying the equipment isn't the only hurdle, they also need to train someone to use it. "Money is a big problem," says Vanderbilt's Meyer, whose college has since bought ten additional defibrillators...
...Boxing's popularity has been unraveling for some time now, but De La Hoya-Mayweather Jr. became the Super Bowl of boxing, the most-anticipated fight of the year, if not the last two decades. It pitted archetypes: self-effacing De La Hoya vs. trash-talking Mayweather. The MGM Grand sold out its 16,200-seat arena in three hours, generating $19 million, a Nevada boxing record; the fight had its own HBO reality series; ringside seats were fetching $20,000; and, while the final numbers won't be known until mid-week, the fight...
...does there appear to be any plausible scenario for replacing al-Maliki. The days when a strongman regime might be able to contain Shi'ite aspirations are long gone: today's Iraqi army is predominantly Shi'ite, after all, and the Shi'ite street - answering to Sadr and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani - could make Iraq ungovernable by any regime that lacks their consent...