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...chief enemy, the I.R.A., announced in July that it was giving up its armed campaign and would dispose of all its weapons. Unionists claim the violence broke out because concessions to the I.R.A. had shown that violence pays. "I know there's this thing that violence has been rewarded," Peter Hain, Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary, told Time. "Actually, what has been rewarded is a switch from violence into democratic politics." The unrest may have delayed the renewal of peace talks and given republicans cover to step up intimidation against the family of Robert McCartney, whose murder by I.R.A. members...
...confidence and growing resources among these firms," says Joe Sigelman, co-CEO of OfficeTiger, which will reach $100 million in sales this year and may go public in 2006. Strong, small firms will swallow others to solidify their positions against Indian outsourcing giants like Wipro and Infosys, says Peter Bender-Samuel, CEO of Everest Group, a research firm. U.S. players like Accenture and IBM Global Services, meanwhile, have a new kind of competitor to worry about, Bender-Samuel says. "It makes life difficult for them." --By Jyoti Thottam
...shape-shifting Christmas ornament; the boat's surviving crew members have their DNA reprogrammed with alien code and turn evil. So Washington calls in Molly Anne Caffrey (Carla Gugino), a worst-case-scenario consultant, and assembles a team of eccentric scientists. The cast is startlingly good--there's also Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent) and Charles S. Dutton (Roc)--given that the actors have to deliver lines like "I think we're looking at a four-dimensional object--in three- dimensional space...
...developed world. Dairy, meat and horticultural export earnings have soared. House prices have boomed, encouraging property owners to borrow - to buy consumer goods or even bigger homes. Since 9/11, the isolated country has been seen as a safe haven; expats have returned home and the spectacular vistas of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings franchise have attracted tourists. Clark has worked relentlessly to rebrand the nation - to itself and the world - as "clean and green," creative, energetic and independent...
...Proportional (MMP) voting system, introduced in 1996, means the minor parties will play a role in forming a coalition government or supporting it from outside. For this election, Labour has teamed with the Greens, whose co-leaders Jeanette Fitzsimons and Rod Donald could find themselves in Clark's Cabinet. Peter Dunne's families-focused United Future party has said it could work with either major party. The Maori Party, formed after the foreshore and seabed issue, has said (after some reluctance) it could cooperate with Labour but not National...