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...Husaini Sistani, who has so far refused to endorse any of the plans for creating a new Iraqi government. Brahimi has conferred with Sistani's son; Brahimi's spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, does not rule out the possibility that Sistani will demand guarantees that, among other things, the future government limit the ability of Sunnis and Kurds to interfere with Shi'ite interests...
...keep working at this, and hopefully they might take me as a full-time employee. But I don't know if it will ever happen." The vast majority of temporary employees work close to 40 hours a week, as Borayev does. But as long as they stay under that limit, they are not considered full time and therefore not entitled to federally mandated overtime pay or health benefits available to permanent workers...
...battle: a Bush-appointed advisory committee, which they claim is heavily stacked with corporate members, issued a report last week that pushes for administrative changes. "It is a wonky thing," says Julie Wolk of the Public Interest Research Group. "But it could dramatically weaken the program." Companies want to limit liability and shift responsibility to the states, where rules are more flexible. Federal standards are "rigid and extreme," says Michael Steinberg of the Superfund Settlements Project, an industry group that includes General Electric, DuPont and IBM. "Groundwater must meet standards for tap water, even though at many of these sites...
...came to power in 2003, Erdogan's opponents warned that his devout Islamic beliefs would spell trouble. But as Prime Minister, Erdogan has kept religion off the agenda. He banned alcohol in city-run cafes while mayor of Istanbul, and yet as Prime Minister has done nothing to limit drinking. During his election campaign, he spoke of the injustice of laws banning the Muslim head scarf in public buildings, but has left those laws intact. And Erdogan has vigorously pursued ties with the West, campaigning to get his country admitted to the European Union and for a deal to reunite...
...Tallinn-based grocery supplier Haljas Company told Vesti, Russian State Television's news program, that his company sold 2,000 tons of sugar in March, five times the normal amount. In Poland, customers went on a sugar-buying frenzy in the last week of March, forcing some stores to limit purchases to 10 kg per customer and driving sugar prices 50% higher. A headline in Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's leading daily, called it white fever. The more affluent Czechs have been slower to catch on, though by mid-April they, too, were hoarding sugar and rice. Is the panic justified...