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...Abdullah, the deal is doubly attractive; it allows him to claim his father's mantle as a Middle East conciliator, and it mollifies the majority of his subjects who saw Abdullah's pro-U.S. stance during the Iraq war as a betrayal of an Arab hero. --By Aparisim Ghosh
...American commanders had anticipated, the brothers' deaths were followed by a step up in guerrilla attacks. Last week eight more U. S. soldiers died from hostile fire. U.S. officials hope the uptick, perhaps driven by revenge for the deaths of Uday and Qusay, will be temporary. But TIME spoke to members of a Fedayeen Saddam cell who said their support for the Husseins is not what motivates their attacks on the Americans. "We do it because they degrade us, they occupy our area," said a tribal elder sitting at the head of the gathering. The cell members said they operate...
...having a breakthrough summer, even if American teams aren't a part of it. British club Manchester United, probably the most valuable sports franchise in the world (about $1 billion), has planted its flag in America during a four-city exhibition tour that saw Man U matched against some of Europe's glamour teams, including Glasgow Celtic from Scotland (a 4-0 win), and Juventus from Italy (4-1). According to promoters, it took only one hour for Man U to sell out its Aug. 3 game against Barcelona at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field. Likewise for its Giants Stadium...
...sell barrels to beer houses. Still others have used creative marketing to pull themselves back from the brink. The million-liter-per-year, 180-year-old Härle Brewery in Königseggwald went public this year and offered five cases of their flagship Walder Bräu as an annual recurring dividend. The strategy brought in €800,000 - which was enough to both keep the company afloat and lock locals into a uniquely German type of loyalty program. Another brewer, Iserlohner Pilsner, launched a "Save Iserlohner" campaign geared toward the villagers of its namesake town. Production rose...
...describes the moment when he and his wife entered their scarcely furnished Lowell rooms after two days of driving their U-Haul truck as the first “fiery test” of their commitment to the year-long endeavor...