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...Middle East. Perhaps the time has come for a realignment in the terms we use to describe the two parties. Anti-Bush protestors marching in New York won’t suddenly be seen wearing “W” hats, nor will they flock to reelect Bush. Nevertheless, the Democratic party is acting to maintain the status quo in America while their Young Republican counterparts are seeking to change many of our country’s institutions...
...even retailers who are doing well worry about the plethora of new malls set to open soon. Chikankari's Singh, who says he's satisfied with sales in his shop, is nevertheless concerned about a giant new mall due to open in a couple of years in Noida. "There will be a huge diversion of people into other malls," he frets. Indeed, a cloud hangs over the future of Gurgaon, with up to 20 malls scheduled to open in the next couple of years. New malls will soon be built in the upper-class Delhi neighborhood of Vasant Kunj...
...field events introduced some of the Games' most compelling losers. The women's 100 m included several much-photographed Muslims, three of whom finished last in their heats. The Somali and Bahraini ran in head scarves and didn't qualify for the next round of races, but they nevertheless set personal and national records, respectively. The Kuwaiti and Afghan sprinters crossed the line three seconds off the fastest qualifying time, yet they still made history as their countries' first female Olympians. Iraq's Alaa Jassim, whose 100-m training regimen was occasionally foiled by sniper fire and bombings, may have...
...rights of North Koreans should be "a key element in future negotiations." Diplomats participating in the six-nation talks?which include South Korea and China, a Pyongyang ally?have so far been careful not to link human rights to disarmament, because North Korea's representatives would probably storm out. Nevertheless, some American politicians find the U.S. bargaining position increasingly unconscionable. "Are we prepared to tell the North Korean people to give up their dreams of freedom because, in the interest of the status quo, we are willing to make a deal with their slave masters in Pyongyang?" asks Senator...
...Nevertheless, Iraqi leaders in the interim government who are desperate for national reconciliation see the value of according a role to al-Sadr and his wide following. When the interim government regained sovereignty, Prime Minister Allawi opened talks with the cleric, even offering clemency for the murder charge against him. For weeks, Fa'oud Massoum, the chairman of the committee organizing the national conference to choose an interim legislature, tried to persuade al-Sadr to send representatives, but he has refused...