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...years, he is intent on showing the world that he's enjoying exile. He has reacquainted himself with the pleasures of golf-at least until conditions in Beijing, where he spends much of his time, got so icy his bodyguard couldn't put the tee into the ground. Acknowledging that his suit was hanging a little loose over his frame, Thaksin explains: "I've lost weight because I have time to do yoga, not because I feel grievances. I'm very relaxed." Indeed, the former PM expresses gratitude toward the generals who removed him from power and formed the ruling...
...service isn't perfect: some ISPs have balked at subscribers sharing their Internet access, and while fon.com's searchable maps help you pinpoint every FON-friendly hotspot in the world, there are many areas where service is thin on the ground. Still, for the cost of an ordinary wi-fi router, it's like getting a wireless couch to crash on in dozens of major cities...
Rather than waiting for governments to act, some corporate executives are trying to persuade their peers to join forces against graft. In 2002, for example, mining companies agreed to a set of ground rules called the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (eiti), under which they disclose their payments to government. Alan Boeckmann, chairman and chief executive of the giant U.S. construction company Fluor, is trying to extend such cooperation to other industries. So far he has persuaded some of his rivals, partners and customers to join an anticorruption initiative, which now has more than 100 signatories. "I am seeing change, although...
...their respective new roles go well beyond the internal discussions over church doctrine that marked their old positions. Bertone came on the job just three days after the Pope's controversial speech in Germany about faith and violence that angered many Muslims. The new Secretary of State hit the ground running, orchestrating what, by Vatican standards, was a swift response that included conciliatory public statements, a quickly organized meeting with ambassadors from Muslim countries and, ultimately, the success of November's trip to Turkey, where the Pope surprised his critics with a moving prayer together with an imam in Istanbul...
...holders, some place the ball on the ground with one finger, others with two or more. Koy Detmer, a quarterback by trade, holds his thumb and forefinger on the tip of the ball. "I pinch it like a nipple," says Detmer, who held for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2000 to 2005, and was brought back just for this year's playoffs after Eagles punter Dirk Johnson botched a late-season snap (with Detmer holding, Eagles kicker David Akers hit a 38-yard field goal with no time left to give the Eagles a 23-20 playoff victory over...