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...increasingly refer to them as a "legitimate local resistance," but it's al-Qaeda that drives them. Long ago, al-Zarqawi's network settled in Ramadi and, in essence, hijacked the homegrown fight. Although Iraqi groups have bucked al-Zarqawi's authority periodically--most notably in last year's referendum and December election, when they opted to vote, forcing him to stand idly by--al-Qaeda maintains its grip...
Whether the Dixie Chicks recover their sales luster or not, the choice of single has turned their album release into a referendum. Taking the Long Way's existence is designed to thumb its nose at country's intolerance for ideological hell raising, and buying it or cursing it reveals something about you and your politics--or at least your ability to put a grudge above your listening pleasure. And however you vote, it's tough to deny that by gambling their careers, three Texas women have the biggest balls in American music...
...exists to serve a function, functions don’t exist to serve the UC.Since the UC refuses to redress their ineptitude when it comes to restructuring, students should do so. We call on students to exercise their constitutional right to organize a petition and force a referendum on UC reform. Specifically, we advocate the dissolution of the CLC to a “2x2 system” in which the UC is structured around the two remaining committees with two representatives from each district. With social programming outside the jurisdiction of the UC, downsizing will lead to increased efficiency...
Following the dismissal of 600 soldiers from East Timor's defense force in March, protests in Dili late last month erupted in the worst violence since the 1999 independence referendum, leaving several people dead and the capital on edge. The nation's Foreign Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner visited Australia last week and talked to Time's Lisa Clausen about the quest for lasting peace, a career change and pumpkin farming...
...that radical cleric Muqtada Al Sadr - accused by the U.S. of sectarian reprisals in Baghad and elsewhere in southern Iraq - and the country's largest Shi'ite party have started to send in small numbers of their armed loyalists. The status of Kirkuk, officially to be decided in a referendum by the end of 2007, is one of the most contentious issues facing the new Iraqi government; though claimed by the Kurds, it is controlled by Baghdad, which is reluctant to part with its vast oilfields...