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Pennsylvania is really three states. Philadelphia is part of the??liberal Northeast, Pittsburgh is Midwestern, and the??center of the??state is rural and conservative. Philly could be the??key: Kerry needs to win by a big margin by turning out 35,000 newly registered voters. He will also try to win the??Pittsburgh area. Bush will try to prevail in the??Philly suburbs. He's even courting the??Amish...
Al Gore gave up on Ohio in October 2000. Kerry's not walking away. And with the??state economy weak, Bush's approval rating sank to 43% in a recent poll. Bothe sides will try to win in Columbus, Dayton and Canton. Kerry needs a big turnout in Cleveland and Toledo; Bush needs it in the??northwestern Farm Belt and the??Cincinnati suburbs. Legal fights are already erupting over electionprocedures...
People can't even agree who won the??state last time; Democrats have already filed nine lawsuits this year challenging election rules. Kerry needs a big turnout in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Bush needs big numbers in the??Panhandle and the??southern Gulf Coast. Both sides want to win the??area stretching from Tampa to Orlando to Daytona Beach--the??fastest-growing area in the??state...
...What is the??insurgents' purpose in going after humanitarian workers like Margaret Hassan, care's longtime country director in Iraq, who was taken hostage last week? As it turns out, the tactic has sometimes been used successfully by the Taliban in Afghanistan, forcing aid organizations to suspend operations and driving a wedge between the people and those trying to bring improvements to the country. That seems to be the thinking of insurgents in Iraq who have been targeting aid workers for abduction in recent months and who are now believed to be holding Hassan. "Please, please...
...In the??Shi'ite universe, the??first requisite for leadership is erudition, measured by a lifetime's knowledge of Islamic principles and law. Sistani's learning is universally recognized. According to his official biography, the child born into a pious, scholarly family in rugged northeastern Iran began learning the Koran at age 5. He absorbed the conservative traditions of the Islamic seminaries in Qum, where he arrived as a 19-year-old prodigy. Three years later, he left to study in the Iraqi city of Najaf, the prestigious 1,000-year-old home to some...