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...were truly dead, even after the U.S. released grisly photos of Uday's and Qusay's bearded corpses as they were found, and then let reporters film the bodies cleaned up, retouched and shaved. "We have to see it with our own eyes," said Ahmed Ismail, a kabob-shop owner in Tikrit. He was among a minority who expressed hope that the brothers were still alive. Another merchant, Fadhil Awda, who had dropped by for lunch, also doubted that the sons were dead. "And if it is true," he said, "then we will be more proud because they resisted...
...beach party in Spain or tune into Belgian radio, and you're likely to hear one word: "Chihuahua!" This is not a forlorn pet owner summoning his tiny, unimaginatively named dog. It is the sound of marketing, the remix of an old mambo song that has gone from TV spot to hit single and the word on millions of lips. And it's all brought to you by Coca-Cola - not that you'd know from listening to the song. In a cluttered marketplace, advertisers need to be different. Traditional ads repeating a brand name 30 times in 30 seconds...
...maker’s cell phone rang. Another phone sounded off. Its owner answered...
...setting of the show is the Kukdong apparel factory in Puebla, Mexico. The man in purple is King Kong, representing the evil factory owner, and the bandit is one of the “charros,” the leaders of the “gangster union.” The caricatures represent the attack on employees who went on strike at Kukdong in December 2000 to establish the first ever workers’ union in a Mexican maquiladoro, or sweatshop...
...crisp, efficient manager who holds a law degree, Ogawa is matter-of-fact about the company's success. Her first rule of product development? "I always ask myself if I would use it." New projects include online perfume stores and a home-security system that automatically calls an owner's cell phone in case of a fire or break-in. "Everything is changing so fast," she says. "We have no idea what Index will be selling three years from now." Something for the ladies, certainly. --By Jim Frederick. Reported by Hanna Kite/Tokyo