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...rubble for survivors and the dead. Soon after the first two attacks, a bomb left inside a bag in a parking lot went off, killing six tourists. It's unclear who carried out the assult, though an extremist Islamic group has claimed responsibility. "Whoever did this," said Karam Mahmoud Mohammed Hamid as he cleaned up broken glass at his pharmacy in the market, "has no religion...
Hard-liner is not a nice word, even for hard-liners. So, immediately after his stunning landslide last week, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that as Iran's new President, he would not be shutting Iran off from the rest of the world or curtailing the Internet or taking the country back to the 9th century. His Iran, said the erstwhile mayor of Tehran, would be modern and strong (meaning nuclear powered) and rich, with prosperity to be shared among all classes, not just the élite. Still, the streets of Tehran's better-off northern districts were like a ghost town...
...mayor of Tehran for the past two years, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 48, has won the hearts of his constituents by, among other populist acts, providing marriage loans to young couples and forgiving debts owed to the city government. He has that rare gift--the common touch--that eludes many ambitious politicians the world over. But he has another crucial appeal in Iranian politics: he is a hard-liner. As a 28-year-old woman in a chador declared after she voted for him for President last week, "He will defend the Islamic Republic, a state we are willing to give...
...peace return to the disputed Gaza Strip [May 23]. Having seen it all, he knows best. Sharon should be given some credit; it's little wonder U.S. President George W. Bush called him a "man of peace." I agree with Sharon's dismissal of efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to rein in the militants. There shouldn't be any compromising of the safety of Israeli citizens. Sharon is dealing with not just the Palestinian Authority but also radical terrorist organizations. Ahunwa L. Kelechi Jos, Nigeria...
...declines to divulge the names of any of the professors currently under consideration for tenure, but according to Geyser University Professor William Julius Wilson, the list includes Mahmoud Mamdani, a political scientist who is currently the director of Columbia’s Institute of African Studies; James H. Sidanius, a professor in UCLA’s psychology department; and Christopher R. Udry, an economist at Yale...