Word: interiorities
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When word of the kidnappings reached the control room of the Ministry of the Interior, an officer on duty there suspected immediately that the perps were acting on the orders of a fearsome Shi'ite militia warlord whose deeds the officer had been tracking for three years. "A ministry of mainly Sunni staff, 150 people taken captive--it can only be one thing," he says. "It had to be the work of Abu Deraa...
...next spring's presidential election approaches, the French political right looks set to maintain its tradition of fratricide. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, president of the governing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), has the support of a vocal majority among his party's parliamentarians, and his popularity among conservative voters dwarfs that of any other possible contenders on the right. But President Jacques Chirac doesn't like him. And as many slain rivals have learned, Chirac can be a deadly enemy...
Under CEO Ghosn, above, Nissan played it safe with the 2007 Altima, left, a fairly conservative redesign of the popular sedan. Versa, a hatchback launched in July, is flying off lots. Nissan focused on interior roominess and cargo space for this small car and seems to have...
...Winslet movies. Having worked with him on King's Men, she heard he was up for a part in Little Children, recommended him, read with him at his audition and wept with him after he got the role. When The Holiday's Meyers wished she could make an interior into an exterior shot but the set wasn't dressed, Winslet offered to help ready it. "She was ready to get the hammer and nails, I swear to God," says Meyers. "We didn't have time, but the fact that she was so willing to do that, well, take it from...
...meant to fracture the country. But no one is doing much to stop them. The Association of Muslim Scholars, an eminent Sunni group, continues to circulate DVDs that feature interviews with Sunnis who tell stories of displacement by Mahdi Army loyalists and government forces from the Ministry of the Interior. For their part, al-Sadr's allies downplay the specter of an Iraq broken forever along sectarian divides. "It is natural for the Sunni families to leave their homes in places with a Shi'ite majority," said Sheik Salem Fariji, an official in Najaf with al-Sadr's office, which...