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Maliki, 58, hardly looks the part. With his permanent five-o'clock shadow and slack posture, he seems no more tyrannical than a demotivated schoolteacher, an impression underscored by his toneless speaking style. But there's no denying that his stature has increased. "I didn't know he had it in him," says Ridha Jawad Taki, a Shi'ite parliamentarian who has known Maliki since the 1980s, when both lived in Syria. "He has become self-assured, and very decisive." Those qualities were burnished in November, when Maliki overcame considerable opposition within Iraq's parliament to sign an agreement with...
...Gaza. One can only imagine the hatred that must be felt by the people of Gaza who have seen sons, daughters, parents and other loved ones killed or wounded by Israeli bombs. It's hard to imagine Israel winning in the long run after such a disproportionate onslaught. Tony O'Brien, MELBOURNE...
...Gaza. One can only imagine the hatred that must be felt by the people of Gaza who have seen sons, daughters, parents and other loved ones killed or wounded by Israeli bombs. It's hard to imagine Israel winning in the long run after such a disproportionate onslaught. Tony O'Brien, MELBOURNE...
...Then again, most publications are on an advertising diet. And Condé Nast's official position on Anna's employment is unambiguous. "This is something both [chairman] Si Newhouse and Anna Wintour have blankly denied," says spokesman Patrick O'Connell. But still the stories persist. Replacement names are bandied about: Carine Roitfeld from French Vogue is a favorite, with Amy Astley from Teen Vogue as a dark filly. The most recent reports are that all the rumors are merely the result of jostling during new contract negotiations between Wintour and Newhouse. (Read a 1988 TIME article about Wintour...
...O'Hanlon and other nuclear thinkers have suggested retooling existing weapons to improve reliability as an option. But the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration, which develops America's nuclear weapons, has said it cannot meet the goals set for RRW by modifying existing weapons. Obama's position has backing in Congress, which has repeatedly refused to fund the program. (See who's who in Obama's White House...