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Simon's the nasty one, Paula's the supportive one and Randy's the moderate one, the cool judge whose laid-back style and constructive criticism tend to strike a more reasoned note when the other two go over the top, which they often do. Like Simon and Paula, Randy Jackson has become a celebrity in his own right judging hundreds of warbling American Idol wannabes each week on Fox's unbeatable talent competition, which has steamrolled into its sixth season, debuting with its highest ratings ever. TIME's Jeanne McDowell talked to Jackson - the man who introduced "dawg...
...Many Lebanese fear that the strike, which aims to cripple Beirut's airport and seaports and possibly block main roads, could spark violent street clashes. But a senior official from Hizballah insists that the strike will be peaceful, although effective...
...strike is part of our peaceful protest against an illegitimate government," Sheikh Naim Qassem, the party's deputy leader, told TIME in an interview...
Lebanon's political crisis appears to be heading for a showdown with a call by the Hizballah-led opposition for a general strike Tuesday, intended to paralyze the country and hasten the fall of the Western-backed government...
...With government supporters urging all Lebanese to go to work as normal, the strike marks a critical test of the relative strength of the protagonists after nearly two months of political gridlock and worsening sectarian tensions...