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...speed with which the Iraqi regime disintegrated left little time for celebrating. Who was going to turn the electricity back on, restore order to the cities and prevent a civil war from breaking out between Arabs and Kurds in the north, between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in the south or within the thousand pockets of hate that a merciless regime left behind? In Najaf a meeting that the U.S. arranged between rival Shi'ite clerics to pave a road to reconciliation ended with both being hacked to death by an angry mob. In Kirkuk a Saddam loyalist who surrendered...
...stands for wireless fidelity, and the name is apt. Most who try it love it faithfully. No wonder: they are browsing the Internet on laptops untethered by cables, and at the high speed of 11 megabits a second--fast enough to let you watch a movie while you're downloading it. "I wasn't much of a surfer before," says Donna Gallagher, 37, an office manager and Wi-Fi fan in Wilmington, N.C. "Now I'm totally addicted...
...Francisco. As Brilliant says with a grin, "Now it gets interesting." If you can cover entire cities with wireless Internet access, you suddenly have a very cheap alternative to cellular networks. But even Wi-Max won't kill 3G, which works much better when you're driving at high speed...
Bombardier is the world's biggest producer of railway equipment, including the high-speed locomotives chosen for Amtrak's East Coast Acela service. The company's new plan emphasizes its "many opportunities for synergies," and Tellier is already primed for some serious nipping and tucking. The day after the company halved its earnings guidance in March, Tellier announced he would ax 10% of the work force in the aircraft unit, on the heels of deep job cuts last year...
...first three games of the series, Hale batted at the bottom of the order and feasted on fastballs. Known for his speed and defense, the junior suddenly was not only hitting, but hitting for power. Four of his first seven hits went for extra bases...