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Activists say that revenues from oil companies such as PetroChina prop up the Sudanese regime, which is accused of systematically slaughtering its own people...
...lighting, and costume is kept to a minimum; the strings of colored lights that sparkle at select moments are the jazziest prop. The emphasis is on the actors’ faces, voices, and motions—the effect is at times orgiastic. The caffeine-induced frenetic energy that escalates in “Coffee in a Cardboard Cup” climaxes in sexy “Arthur in the Afternoon,” in which Cassis and Levine cannot seem to get enough of one another. Each number tells a short story, and taken together they paint an ironic portrait...
Every new Mustang sparks scenes like this, and Ford can count on fans to prop up sales. The outgoing edition traded on its name while rivals smoked it with superior build quality, engineering and style. For the first time in a generation, however, the car can speak for itself. Ford gave the vehicle its first all-new platform in 25 years and based the design on Mustangs from '67 to '70, probably the car's best period. In a bit of retro pandering, even the shark-nose grille is back...
...assault had begun in Ramadi two days earlier, when much of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines joined the lite 36th Battalion of the Iraqi National Guard and their U.S. special- forces advisers to raid seven mosques in the city. As in Fallujah, attempts to prop up a local government in Ramadi have faltered amid violence, kidnappings and assassinations. Military bases in both places are frequently mortared. Unlike in Fallujah, though, in Ramadi the Marines are a regular presence in the streets. And they are hit daily by a mostly invisible enemy, bountifully armed with improvised explosive devices (IEDS), rocket...
...argue that the measure will do nothing to stop illegal immigration, that there has never been a problem with alien-voter fraud and that checking for illegals applying for benefits is too cumbersome and costly. Still, a recent poll showed that Arizona voters favor the measure 63% to 23%. Prop 200, says Democratic state chairman Jim Peterson, is "an assault on basic human rights that plays to the fears of Arizonans...