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...Sunnis in Iraq is based not only on a schism that happened almost 14 centuries ago, but on the politics of the Saddam Hussein era. The Sunni Arabs, some 15-20% of the population, provided the bulk of the governing class under Saddam, while the Shiites, who comprise upward of 60% of the population, were denied political rights and their religious freedoms were curtailed. The contemporary politics of the divide also has a regional dimension: The main Shiite religious political parties that have dominated both of Iraq's democratic elections have close ties to Iran, a fact that has irked...
...such, the Crimson hopes to continue its current upward trend—it has won two of its last three—and to get back to the court as soon as possible...
...computer climate model anticipated that increase, which means that all current predictions about how much sea level could rise--the latest U.N. report estimated it at a half-meter (about 1.5 ft.) by the end of the century--are too low and will have to be revised upward. Greenland's ice cap covers more than 650,000 sq. mi. and in places stands nearly 2 miles thick. "If it all melted or otherwise slid into the ocean, sea level would rise by 20 ft. or so," says Michael Oppenheimer, a professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton. Under conventional...
...upward revision of the economy's size means that China's spending on education, health care and other programs is even smaller as a proportion of the economy than previously thought. And industrialization is taking a toll. Several industries, including steel and automobiles, have been growing so rapidly that they now have problems of overcapacity. Still, with 300 million rural laborers in China eager to join the industrialization push, and at wages that are a small fraction of what Americans or West Europeans earn, the downward pressure on jobs and salaries worldwide is likely to continue. Ford's late-January...
Tonight, for the first time all year, the Harvard women’s basketball team will find itself in the neighborhood of instant validation. If Harvard beats league heavyweight Princeton (13-5, 4-1 Ivy) to continue an upward trend that began with a pair of wins last weekend, it will have affirmed its position in a four-team championship hunt. If it loses, the Crimson (7-11, 3-2) will return from its road trip, which also includes a tilt tomorrow with league doormat Penn (3-15, 1-4), without any real hope for its fourth title...