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...that the Arctic Monkeys took home Best British Group and best British Album for Favorite Worst Nightmare. The Sheffield quartet is known for boycotting the Brits in previous years - maybe, just maybe, because it used to be a dry ceremony. Their first award came early in the night, but by the time it came for them to collect for best album, the organizers may have regretted lifting the no alcohol rule. Watching Sharon and Kelly trying to corral four drunk 20-somethings towards the podium was, in the words of sponsor Mastercard, priceless...
...artifact, but 2,500 years after Moses. Undaunted, Parfitt asserts that "this is the Ark referred to in Lemba tradition" - Lemba legend has it that the original ngoma destroyed itself some 400 years ago and had to be rebuilt on its own "ruins" - "constructed by priests to replace the previous Ark. There can be little doubt that what I found is the last thing on earth in direct descent from the Ark of Moses...
...shown a renewed commitment to participating in a democracy. Despite the threat of terrorism - a very real concern given recent attacks on political rallies and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto - over 45% of eligible Pakistanis turned out to cast their votes, considerably more than the number that voted in previous general elections in 2002 and 1997. Under the circumstances, this was an impressive level of engagement. And in terms of sheer numbers, it was massive: 36 million Pakistanis voted, more than the entire population of either Iraq or Afghanistan...
...Speed of the Future," showcases little more than a handful of high-end cars, a project for an Internet network that will operate like an omniscient global calculator, an advanced radar satellite technology and a simulator for Italy's high-speed train. Seen alongside the wealth of objects from previous decades, this is a deflating measure of Italy's uninspiring present tense. Yet the very success of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, which is rapidly building a reputation for thoughtfully curated exhibitions, is cause for good cheer - as this exhibition shows, Italy may have lost speed, but it still...
...sufficient that customers pay their bills on time every month; they must also avoid a daunting array of borrowing habits that lenders deem risky. Like borrowing. Katie Groves, 42, learned this firsthand when the annual interest rate on her Chase Visa bill jumped to 29.99%?from the previous 12%. Although she had never missed a payment and owed only $500, she was told that her rate had increased because Chase had checked her credit report...