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...rights of the minority Sunnis and Kurds would be protected. But the plan was never accepted by the key political force in the country, Grand Ayatullah Ali Husaini Sistani, the religious leader of the majority Shi'ite Muslims. He wanted direct elections in 2004. Bremer at first "tried to roll over him," believing that giving in to the Shi'ites would drive the Kurds and Sunnis away from the political process, perhaps for good, says a coalition official...
Bennett, it turns out, was ahead of his time. On TV--that barometer of the nation's morals and lack thereof--Las Vegas is on a roll. In 2000, CSI established the city as the place to be stylishly murdered. But in the past year, it has been joined by shows from Las Vegas on NBC to the reality dating show Single in Vegas on WE: Women's Entertainment to Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo and two summer reality shows, Fox's The Casino and Discovery's American Casino. And there's more to come in the fall...
...HONG KONG They don't come more opulent than the facilities at the 3D-Gold Store?officially the world's most expensive toilet and bathroom. Every fixture, from the two commodes to the sinks and toilet-roll holders, is made of solid gold. It's all in working order, but nothing is actually used?visitors must content themselves with perching on a toilet and having a Polaroid taken for $2.50. With construction of the bathroom having cost $4.9 million, it'll take a lot of photos to recover the cost...
...setting up a horse race for the top job at Viacom, a la GE after Jack Welch retired in 2001. Critical to Redstone, Freston and Moonves are dyed-in-the-wool content guys. Freston, a free-spirited music lover who has served on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, engineered the phenomenal success of MTV. Moonves, a hard-charging executive, has turned CBS Television into the top-rated network. Left out was Jonathan Dolgen, 59, chairman of Viacom Entertainment Group, who resigned a day after Karmazin. "My emphasis is on creativity," Redstone tells TIME. "You have...
...help is on the way. One option, introduced a few years ago but only now catching on, is a Dolby-certified surround-sound wireless headphone system. Sony, which introduced its flagship set, the MDR-DS8000 ($800), last year, is about to roll out the MDR-DS3000 ($300). Pioneer this month will begin selling its first pair, the SEDIR800C ($475), and in August Philips will launch its SBC HD1500...