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...amid the lawlessness, there is evident progress. In the nearby Kurdish village of Tapasaus, life has changed immeasurably since electricity was delivered for the first time two months ago. The mayor invited U.S. troops to a party celebrating the advent of power, and villagers are lining up to buy televisions. (A man confides that he wants to divorce his wife because he has fallen in love with a singer on TV.) Elsewhere in the north, electrical power is still intermittent, and many Iraqis blame the Coalition Provisional Authority. It's perhaps a hopeful sign that some Iraqis view this...
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