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...challenge to Pakistan's shaky, secular government is the last thing Musharraf needs, but the mullahs are pushing a showdown. The Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a political bloc of six religious groups, intends to set up a morality police to enforce Islamic virtue, raising cries among human-rights activists against the "Talibanization" of the province. But popular support for the change is evident: even before the law imposing Shari'a was passed, Islamic youths roamed the town of Peshawar tearing down billboards featuring images of unburqa'd women. The religious parties warned Musharraf not to interfere. "We will resist...
...appointed prime minister. Among ordinary Palestinians, Abbas is viewed as an integral part of a Palestinian Authority many consider corrupt, and the impetus for his appointment is seen as coming primarily from the U.S. and Israel. His weakness relative to Arafat within the PA was demonstrated in the showdown over his cabinet, in which he was forced to concede to many of Arafat's demands. Now, with the "roadmap" process having been tied directly to his ouster, Arafat has little incentive to help his prime minister deliver, and plenty of reason to do what he can to make sure Abbas...
...slapped down by angry GlaxoSmithKline shareholders two weeks ago, it looked as if the U.K's revolt against fat-cat compensation - the movement against oversize salaries and bonuses for CEOs, especially those in charge of underperforming companies - might actually have some teeth. The stage seemed set for a major showdown at the annual shareholder meeting of banking giant HSBC last Friday. A new American board member, William F. Aldinger III, was up for an eye-popping three-year, $37.5 million financial package, and shareholders would get a chance to vote on it. First, they got a chance to sound...
...Harvard baseball team swept a doubleheader from Brown yesterday, setting up a showdown with Dartmouth for the Red Rolfe Division title this weekend...
Sunday’s results left Radcliffe hungry for another showdown with Brown...