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...rigging the privatization of a state-owned bank in favor of a businessman with alleged ties to the Mafia. He faces a minimum of 10 years in jail if found guilty. Taking Their Seats IRAQ The Shi'ite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance was declared the winner of the Jan. 30 election with 48% of the vote, gaining 140 of 275 seats in the new National Assembly. The Kurdish Alliance came second with 26%, followed by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party with 14%. Assessing Insecurity SOMALIA An explosion in Mogadishu left at least two people dead and six injured...
...qualify as a personal best. Africa's last absolute ruler presides over a land where 70% live in destitution and 38.8% are infected with HIV, the world's worst rate. And ordinary Swazis are increasingly fed up with Mswati's gold-plated insensitivity, profligate spending and authoritarian ways, says Jan Sithole, secretary-general of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (S.F.T.U). While S.F.T.U members marched last month to protest a proposed new constitution that would entrench the powers of the monarchy, Mswati was busy tooling around in his new $500,000 Maybach 62, complete with dvd player, surround-sound speakers...
...carriers are livid. The Association of European Airlines insists the rules could add €400 million to the annual costs of its 30 members, denting margins. Damages for cancellation or denied boarding could be five times the average one-way fare offered by many low-cost flyers, insists Jan Skeels, secretary-general of the European Low Fares Airline Association. Trade groups have lodged complaints with the European Court of Justice, which is expected to rule before the year is out. Until then, airlines will have to, well, wait. I Want My TV Auf Deutsch Forget Sex and the City...
...SCOTT, Wal-Mart CEO, after announcing that net income at the world's largest retailer for the year ending Jan. 31 topped $10 billion for the first time in the firm's history
After the Iraq Election Now that the Iraq election is over, we Americans should say we have done all we can and get out [Jan. 31]. Iraq belongs to the Iraqis, and only they can rule their country. Our staying would give legitimacy to the claim that we are occupying their country. Let's leave Iraq before it becomes a quagmire for us. Isabelle Chang Shrewsbury, Massachusetts...