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...very optimistic." Because Kurdistan - the region that comprises the three northernmost provinces of Iraq - is seeing little of the deadly mayhem evident around Baghdad, its economy has the potential for sharp growth. But its very success, as sectarian killings are pushing other parts of Iraq toward civil war, could jolt the country's precarious ethnic and political balance by injecting sizable revenues and foreign investment into an area which already has strong desires for independence. Ironically, the first winner isn't an oil giant from the "coalition of the willing" but DNO ASA, a small company traded on the Oslo...
...game," said fifa president Sepp Blatter. Something had to be done and, as the Eto'o incident showed, particularly in Spain. Although players of African descent are routinely harassed during soccer matches, it took the three-time African Player of the Year's near departure from the field to jolt the country - or at least its media - into recognizing how entrenched racism has become among fans. Many are now asking why Spain - a country that, after the terrorist bombings in Madrid of March 11, 2004, prided itself on its tolerance toward outsiders - can't seem to curb the ugly scenes...
...went on another offensive dash. The duo of Gaddy Fortune and Jill Depetris blasted a total of four goals, two apiece, past Harvard goaltender Kathryn Tylander to increase the lead to six goals as the half ended. Down 8-2 in the second period, the Crimson needed something to jolt its sluggish offense. Yet, no help came. The run for Syracuse continued to 5-0 as Megan Mosenson scored the first goal of the second half. Harvard attempted to come back, closing within five as Gamble and Caroline Simmons scored on free positions to make it 9-4 with...
...economy of Kurdistan, the region that comprises the three northernmost provinces of Iraq, is already showing signs of vigorous growth. Turkish, British and Canadian oil companies have held talks with Kurdish officials in recent months to revive old oil fields and drill new ones. Oil has the potential to jolt Iraq's precarious ethnic balance by injecting sizable revenues and foreign investment into an area about twice the size of New Jersey. Much of the work is still exploratory, but Western engineers and Kurdistan's Regional Government believe that huge riches could lie underneath. Exploration had been dormant for decades...
...jolt shook the passenger ferry Al Salam Boccaccio 98 during an overnight voyage across the Red Sea last week, stirring Girgis Rifaat awake in his cabin. "People began yelling 'Fire, fire!'" Rifaat, a 30-year-old Egyptian returning from his job as a salesman in Kuwait, told Time at a hospital in Hurghada. "I realized that the boat was going down." As the vessel listed precariously, Rifaat leapt overboard, swam to a lifeboat and waited 19 hours before being pulled out of the water by a helicopter. Most of the other 1,510 people thought to be on board, mainly...