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...iPhone 3G handles data at nearly three times the speed of its predecessor and has built-in global positioning via satellite, and it costs $199 - $400 less than the original iPhone, unveiled almost a year ago. The phone will be available in the U.S. and 21 other countries on July 11; within a few months of that, the phone will be available in a total of 70 countries, including Japan and the burgeoning markets of Brazil and India...
...aides, and the economy by equally dictatorial tycoons through sprawling corporate empires. This was the world that forged Lee Myung Bak, and it was his commanding, can-do attitude that appealed to voters after five years under the liberal, often rudderless leadership of Roh Moo Hyun, Lee's predecessor as President...
...Australian forces ended their mission in southern Iraq this week and began heading home, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd praised the troops but said the decision to send them had been a mistake. The government of his predecessor, John Howard, had joined the war against Saddam Hussein's regime "without a full and proper assessment ... of its consequences." At Tallil air base, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Websdane's praise for his soldiers was unqualified: "You should be proud of your achievements...
...Rubin said that his commitment to Harvard remains strong, describing University President Drew G. Faust as “terrific” and “thoughtful,” and praising her for following in the footsteps of her predecessor...
...Paulus has a new role in Harvard drama. On May 16, she was named the new Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.), filling a role that had been occupied by interim director Gideon Lester. Her predecessor, Robert Woodruff, left the A.R.T. after his contract expired in December 2006. Woodruff’s exit sparked a 16-month search, during which one top candidate—Steppenwolf Theatre Company member Anna D. Shapiro, according to A.R.T. founding director and creative consultant Robert S. Brustein—turned down the job. But like Paulus’ broken arm, the search?...