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...from 7,242 to 5,731. The main reason: a big drop in speeding. Since the first quarter of 2002, the number of motorists exceeding the limit by at least 10 km/h has fallen by 15%. What convinced a nation known for intemperate driving to slow down? Tougher policing, stiffer fines and a hard-hitting publicity campaign. More than 100 speed radars have been installed around the country since last fall (1,000 are to be in place by the end of 2005). The government also funded a series of chilling anti-speeding commercials aired last year - including radio spots...
...muted. The region as a whole is projected to grow at a brisk 7% pace in 2004, according to Merrill Lynch. But economists estimate that every $5 increase in oil prices shaves 0.2% from the GDP growth of the Asia-Pacific region, and the longer prices stay high, the stiffer the economic headwind. In the past few weeks, Asia's export-led economies have begun to show signs of stress. With higher oil prices putting a drag on consumer spending in America and raising costs throughout Asia's supply chains, "We are facing a lower growth path over the next...
Activists seeking stiffer punishments face bitter opposition from religious and tribal leaders. Like many other professional women, Julanar al-Zubaidi, a Baghdad schoolteacher and mother of four, fears that the state of women's rights could get even worse if Iraqis elect a government dominated by religious hard-liners. "The current government we can live with," she says. "We're very worried about what comes next." Those anxieties are spurring a few activists to venture into the political arena; the only chance they have to eliminate honor-killing laws, they say, is to flood political parties with women...
...should Harvard defeat Quinnipiac and continue to the second round, the competition would become somewhat stiffer. No. 30 Notre Dame (15-8, 3-2 Big East) has won five of its last six matches, and No. 19 Tulane (18-5, 6-0 Conference USA) has not lost since March 13, winning its last nine...
...cited a decrease in the availability of research grants and a stiffer budget for the National Institutes of Health...