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...simmering sectarian war between the country's majority Sunni community and the minority Shi'as. Thousands of Tariq's Sunni supporters rioted in Jhang, his hometown, and also in the normally placid capital, where they torched cars, ransacked markets and burned down a cinema - killing an employee - while police stood by and watched. While Tariq's followers blamed...
...Baa3. And not all the economic news was rosy. Third-quarter balance-of-payment figures revealed that the flow of capital into the country had suddenly reversed. In the second quarter €3.2 billion more had come in than had left. In the third quarter, however, net capital outflow stood at €6.6 billion. Analysts hastily revised predictions that Russia would attract more money than it would lose this year. Why is Russia's business élite sending its money back abroad? Because it's spooked by the government's aggressive investigation - widely viewed as politically motivated...
...pleasures, too. Last weekend I experienced again the inexhaustible thrill of being a young traveller, of getting off a bus in Dublin with a backpack on and trying to find my way to a hostel using a tiny Let’s Go map. When I stood (with a high school friend who had popped over from Oxford) at the gates of Trinity College for a “backpackers’ pub crawl” I heard the gorgeous sound of travel stories being exchanged in various accents—“We’ve just...
...moment—both from his doublespeak and his Reaganism—we Democrats might remember the days before Bush’s Yankee-esque steamroller, when our party had an independent identity. In those days, even with Clinton at the helm, Democrats stood for something other than opposition. Our leadership occasionally disregarded—nay, even influenced—opinion polls, where today we struggle just to react to them...
Naam was penalized for incorrectly answering that internet lingo “BBS” stood for “be back soon” when the Jeopardy answer was “bulletin board system.” She was later awarded the points back when judges verified that “be back soon” was indeed a valid interpretation...