Word: interent
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...Washington seems to be still fully behind Musharraf. "Yes, on paper [his] power is diminished," says a State Department official. "But the hope is that Musharraf will continue to influence policy in the war on terror as President." Retired Lieut. General Hamid Gul, former director of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, calls the Americans "naive" for thinking that Musharraf will have any power if he steps down as military chief, or that Bhutto as Prime Minister will be able to control the army. "The Pakistani army is a one-man show. Whoever is chief gets to call the shots...
...Indeed, such will be the new inter-connectedness between the continent and the U.K. that some optimists predict it might herald a change in Britons' notorious island mentality. Says Ruse, "We could even see ourselves becoming more a part of Europe...
...growing portion of unbanked America comprises immigrants like Alvarez-Rosales. In states like Georgia, where immigrant communities are more recently established but growing quickly, immigrants are less likely to send money home, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank, so they may have a greater need for banking services...
...that framework," says Kim Won Woong, chief of the National Unification Committee in South Korea's parliament and a member of Roh Moo Hyun's ruling Uri party. By contrast, in 2000, the parliamentarian told TIME, "neither the U.S. nor China [the North's most important ally] supported the inter-Korean summit. It's different this time." Now, not just the South Korean president wants to see the ice of the Cold War in Korea melting, but George W. Bush and China's Hu Jintao as well. And Kim Jong Il in the North appears to be playing along...
...Musharraf really does take both gloves off in the tribal areas, that will just increase the likelihood of a split in the army, according to Hamid Gul, former head of the powerful Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). "The officer's cadre are liberal, secular, they come from the elite classes. But the rank and file of the army were never secular, they were always religious," says Gul. "If there is a face-off between the army and people, the leadership may lose control of the army. The army does not feel happy. They are from the same streets...