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Pernod Ricard's task now is to goose Absolut sales. The vodka has come a long way since production began in 1879 in the southern Swedish town of Ahus. It remained a local brand for a century until 1979, when Russia invaded Afghanistan. Many countries shunned Russian products, including vodka. Absolut saw its chance to go international, and helped by what has become a memorable advertising campaign, it has never looked back...
China's near miraculous economic rise has been built on the smarts of men like Cheng Wei-lun and the sweat of the 800 workers he employs as chief executive of the Tianji Wooden Products Co. Based in Guangdong province in southern China, the company, which exports $10 million worth of toys and children's furniture annually, is like thousands of other small manufacturers that help form the backbone of the country's formidable export-manufacturing machine. But that frame is showing cracks, and all the brains and brawn in the world might not be enough to rescue Tianji Wooden...
...crisis in Zimbabwe, but on Tuesday the ANC's influential National Working Committee said there should be no further delay in releasing Zimbabwe's poll results. In a clear rebuff to Mbeki, the ANC's leadership said the situation was "dire, with negative consequences for all of southern Africa...
...Sadr, who was thought to be undertaking intensive religious studies in Iran over the past several months, is rumored to be back in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, where he keeps a political council. Salah al-Ubaide, a member of Sadr's Najaf council, said Sadr and his followers were still open to a political compromise that might end the current standoff-but held out little hope...
Some Sadrists suspect the Badr Brigade, which dominates Iraqi security forces throughout much of southern Iraq, is behind this latest assassination. Still, on Friday, rumors circulated among some Sadrists in Najaf that the assassination may have come from within their own faction. Moqtada al-Sadr, however, publicly blamed the United States for Nouri's death. "The occupier wants to cause sedition," said Sheikh Abdel Hadi al-Mohammedawi, an official at the Sadr office in the southern city of Karbala, speaking on behalf of Sadr. But Mohammedawi, also said that Sadr is urging his followers to stay calm...