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...session of the U.S. Congress last week, but his government has been unable or unwilling to cut the grand political deal that is necessary for stability. Any such deal would include a guaranteed proportion, say 20%, of Iraq's oil revenues to the oil-less Sunnis, and also the root-and-branch cleansing of the Ministry of Interior, home base for many of the Shi'ite death squads. "We have been pointed toward civil war since the new Iraqi constitution was approved last October and reinforced in the December elections," a senior U.S. intelligence official told me last week...
...rare opportunity to see scientists from within as well as without. This past January, BBC.com ran a story headlined “Science ‘not for normal people,’” which cited research that aimed to discover the root of declining interest in science among Western students. The study showed that British teenagers “value the role of science in society but feel scientists are ‘brainy people not like them.’” A full 70 percent of 11-15 year old students did not picture...
...stores are part of a bigger program to make the company more user-friendly. Dell is retraining its customer-support staff and offering a new service called Dell Direct, which allows a technician to connect to a customer's computer to root out problems. That's partly in response to harsh criticism after the company didn't initially beef up customer support as business grew, leading to 30-min. waits to talk to a phone rep. Last year Dell also announced it would hire 1,500 more call-center workers. "What I am most excited about is the investment...
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's new style of Japanese politics had readers wondering if his approach was more surface than substance, and if his attempts at reform have taken root and can flourish...
Meanwhile, Hizballah, which was created in 1982 to resist Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon, has internal political incentives to act against Israel. In the new Lebanon, genuine independence is trying to take root after popular unrest forced the Syrians to lift their yoke on the country last spring. As a result, whether Hizballah should be allowed to remain armed six years after the Israelis left Lebanon is the most divisive political issue in the country today. Critics argue that only government forces should bear arms. Hizballah counters that given the weakness of the Lebanese Army, a disciplined guerrilla force...