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...coalition paid al-Sadr scant attention until two weeks ago, when an American helicopter tried to knock down a Shi'ite banner from a telecommunications tower in Sadr City. Al-Sadr was able to mobilize tens of thousands of Shi'ites in Baghdad's largest street protest since the end of the war. Even so, a Pentagon official in Iraq says, the CPA has not yet got the full measure of al-Sadr. With his vision of Islamic rule in Iraq, his deep hatred of Americans and his rapidly growing army, al-Sadr is, according to this official, "the most...
...country is laughing at us Californians just as we laughed at the Texans over their protest at redistricting. But the underlying cause of both circuses is the same. This is about Republicans trying to seize power in a state by going outside the normal electoral process. Go ahead and laugh at us. We deserve it. But what's happening in this country really isn't very funny. MELANIE NICKEL San Diego...
...that wafted over Finland. The resulting contamination forced Finnish authorities to slaughter almost a half a million farm animals and restrict fishing in rivers and lakes in central and northern Finland until 1988. Those memories die hard. Indeed, Finland's Prime Minister, Matti Vanhanen, regularly speaks at an annual protest marking the anniversary of Chernobyl. The Finns are not alone in their opposition to nuclear power. Sweden is phasing out its nuclear program, and opposition to nuclear expansion remains strong in Germany and the U.K. So it seems that ASE's timing is not especially propitious. And yet Finland needs...
...standards, though, reactions to the blasts were relatively subdued. There was no violent Hindu response, as has happened so often in the past, and the charges against Pakistan seemed somewhat half hearted. Even Bombay's BJP-allied Shiv Sena party, normally vociferously anti-Pakistan, held an uncharacteristically silent protest march. The change from a year ago?when India and Pakistan were on the brink of war and New Delhi seized any opportunity to point a finger directly at Islamabad?is "striking," says a Western diplomat in Delhi. "India knows that this is a local issue, but 18 months ago that...
...gathering at specific times in predetermined places this summer to engage in miscellaneous collective action. If this sounds vague, that's because it is. Whether the phenomenon, referred to as a "flash mob," is a cure for the ennui of the wired generation or an incipient form of social protest may be open to debate. But what is clear is that flash mobbing is global, and it's spreading. One mob recently gathered in New York City's Central Park, mimicked bird calls and chanted "Nature, nature" for 20 seconds at 7:26 p.m. and then left. Another crowd stopped...