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...suspicion of involvement in sectarian killings by Shi'ite militia. Sitting in traffic in downtown Baghdad is far more nerve-wracking than rolling down even the most dangerous road in the area. You wonder if there are any car bombs amid the traffic around you as you eye the gridlock. You wonder if any of the people who've glanced at you on the street might suddenly whip out a cell phone, call someone interested in kidnapping a Westerner and organize snatch of their own. You wonder if your bodyguards could stop someone coming at you on foot through...
...Even before the bloodless coup that overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last month, Thailand's growth was decelerating, in part because of rising oil prices and months of political gridlock. But the new regime will not necessarily make things worse. "The coup creates near-term uncertainty, no question," says emerging-markets expert Marc Faber, publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. "Having said that, I don't think this will have a huge impact on the financial and manufacturing sector." In a reassuring move, the new administration tapped central-bank governor Pridiyathorn Devakula, a respected technocrat who helped extricate Thailand...
...With all the elements of a classic fable in place - faith, unconditional love, a longstanding rivalry and a setting rife with symbolism - the Saints' 23-3 victory over the Falcons almost seemed like a foregone conclusion. The festivities started long before kickoff, with gridlock taking over the city's Central Business District by early afternoon, music blaring from stages surrounding the dome and throngs of fans gathering at tailgate parties and crowding onto the stadium's brick plaza...
Mention the word drive to most Australians, and they'll probably think of Sydney's rush-hour gridlock. But until recent times, the word also referred to the transport of vast herds of cattle along the outback's traditional stock routes. In an attempt to recapture some of the adventure of a drover's life (a drover is the Australian answer to a cowboy), the Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive offers visitors a chance to ride those same desert trails, accompanying herds up to 500 strong...
Mention the word drive to most Australians, and they'll probably think of Sydney's rush-hour gridlock. But until recent times, the word also referred to the transport of [an error occurred while processing this directive] vast herds of cattle along the outback's traditional stock routes. In an attempt to recapture some of the adventure of a drover's life (a drover is the Australian answer to a cowboy), the Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive offers visitors a chance to ride those same desert trails, accompanying herds up to 500 strong. Drives are organized every two years, taking...