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...supplicant role, sending a delegation on Wednesday to implore Sistani to intervene. But the Grand Ayatollah has problems of his own with the Coalition and the IGC, and has been agitating against the U.S.-brokered interim constitution which grants veto power to ethnic minorities and also for rapid transfer of power to a democratically elected government. Indeed, Moqtada Sadr has enthusiastically championed the same demands in the course of his rebellion, which is nonetheless a power play in which the radical Islamist hopes to eclipse the influence of rival Shiite leaders, including Sistani...
Early diagnosis and treatment are vital to stopping the progression of the disease, which can be extremely rapid and kill in less than 48 hours in some cases, according to the MDPH...
Hyflux is now a $270 million company, and Lum's biggest challenge will be to sustain its rapid growth. "There are further good years ahead," says Kerryn Tay, an analyst at GK Goh Research in Singapore, pointing to growing demand for Hyflux's products in China and government support at home. For her part, the hardworking Lum wants Hyflux to be worth $3 billion within five years. Grandma would approve. --By Jake Lloyd-Smith
...This is the broadest and deepest prosecution ever of a New York City organized-crime family," says U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf. "Thirty-five defendants are facing 23 murder or attempted-murder charges." Rapid-fire indictments have scooped up Bonannos from Staten Island to the Bronx. In addition to squeezing informants and clocking countless hours of surveillance, two C-10 agents used "forensic accounting" techniques to follow a paper trail through Massino's murky bookkeeping. The knockout blow was delivered in September, when James (Big Lou) Tartaglione recorded acting Bonanno boss Anthony (Tony Green) Urso allegedly conspiring to murder the families...
...program’s rapid growth is in part a result of Nye’s 2001 decision to raise the maximum household income of aid recipients from...