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...Although it may be a week before the results are published, reporters and exit pollsters in Iraq are suggesting that, as expected, the United Iraqi Alliance list backed by Ayatollah Sistani won the largest share of the vote. But don't rush to toss interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi into the trashcan of history just yet: the Shiite parties' ability to translate a UIA win into effective political power depends not only on the scale of their victory, but also on their ability to maintain a strictly disciplined united front, and to reach out and forge agreements with minority parties...
CHARGED. JUAN ALVAREZ, 25, disturbed laborer who, in an apparent aborted suicide attempt, allegedly abandoned his Jeep Cherokee on a heavily traveled commuter-rail track in Glendale, Calif., during the morning rush, causing a colossal derailment that left about 200 people injured and at least 11 dead; with 11 counts of murder with "special circumstances," making him eligible for the death penalty; in Los Angeles...
...picked up heavyweight Holly-wood fans, from Brett Ratner, director of Chan's Rush Hour smashes, to Quentin Tarantino, who screened Ong-Bak at his home with his pal the RZA of the iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan. "Tony is my homey, yo," says the RZA. "He's young, energetic--a new breed of martial artist born in the hip-hop generation...
...often begin, etiquette experts say, with an overly familiar, laid-back style in locales where "business casual" is an oxymoron and first names are reserved for family and close friends. Polo shirts aside, the minefields are everywhere: skipping tea drinking in Asia, for example, and forsaking small talk to rush headlong into negotiations. In some parts of Asia and the Middle East, guests should never clean their plate; if they do, it's a sign that they are still hungry, and their host will serve them more. "We have somehow been tabbed with the term Ugly Americans," says Roger Axtell...
...CLOSED. The BANGKOK METRO, for a week of safety tests and driver retraining, following a crash at the Thailand Cultural Center station that injured more than 130 people; in Bangkok. The accident, which came six months after the $2.75 billion subway system opened, occurred during morning rush hour when an empty train smashed into a train crowded with 700 passengers. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra defended the system as the world's "most advanced and sophisticated...