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...some market clout, they might be able to retain their early advantage. But if real-tone songs catch on, firms like Jippii and Jamba! could well find themselves out of business. Either way, ring-tone companies will have to change their tune fast. Otherwise, the industry that Paananen helped launch may be in for a hangover...
...Danish base north of Basra. Hommel was formally charged with negligence. She denies any wrongdoing. Unwelcome Guests SUDAN Tens of thousands of people marched in Khartoum in a state-sponsored protest, above, against possible Western intervention in the war-torn Darfur region. The protesters said they would launch a jihad if Western troops set foot in the country. Australia and Britain have both volunteered troops for a military force to protect civilians in Darfur, where the U.N., U.S. and aid agencies say the Janjaweed militia have killed as many as 50,000 black Sudanese. Khartoum, which denies it is backing...
...Institute of Sociology in St. Petersburg. Belyayev now frets that Putin is not a tough enough leader, and the country is disintegrating under the influx of nonwhite immigrants. Unless the Kremlin formally recognizes the neo-Nazis and shares political power, he says, the movement will be forced "to launch our version of Sinn Fein to keep talking to the government and our version of the I.R.A. to practice terror." Belyayev sees himself as a defender of Russian interests, participating in politics but condoning violence "as the only self-defense left for Russian youth." He brags that a member...
...global brand and cash in an ocean away from home. Soccer is wildly popular in Europe, but it's a financial mess. Only teams that have global reach will be able to afford the star players who ensure winning results year after year. Man U. was the first to launch a U.S. strategy, teaming with the New York Yankees in a joint marketing deal. It even issues an American Man U. credit card. Another team reaching into the U.S. is Celtic, long the favored club of the Irish and Scottish diaspora. "We've got a million fans in North America...
...pageant in Boston this week, a wide variety of protesters gathered intermittently to pound out their own slogans in the environs of the FleetCenter. Some, scorning the Party faithful who gathered nearby, urged passersby to trust President Bush at all costs; others used the convention as an opportunity to launch a fiercer brand of anti-administration rhetoric than might have been allowed on the upbeat stage, lacing their words with righteous condemnation and the occasional expletive...