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...SKINNY: On CBS next year, 16 aspiring clothiers will battle before a "style council." The winner gets to craft a line under urban outfitter TOMMY HILFIGER'S label...
...earliest indications of artistic expression ever found. Sandstone lions from the mid-1st century B.C. symbolize the Kushite state, and a gilded representation of a Kushite King is the largest copper-alloy statue yet found in Sudan. The Nubian settlement of Kerma was home to the earliest major urban centers in sub-Saharan Africa and produced, says curator Derek A. Welsby, "superb pottery, among the best ever made." Beakers dating from around 1750 B.C. have a distinctly contemporary look. A 19th century helmet represents the Otto- man era in Sudan's long Islamic history. The exhibition ends with a reminder...
...current levels of violence make the prospect of a credible election being held four months from now increasingly remote. While U.S. and Iraqi officials continue to insist that the elections will go ahead on schedule, they acknowledge the difficulty presented by the fact that some of the major urban centers of the Sunni heartland are in insurgent hands. Prime Minister Allawi's proposal that a poll could be held without voting in those areas where violence precludes it could essentially break up the country. Already the Kurdish northeast is showing every intention of cutting ties to an increasingly chaotic center...
...discipline to create efficient fighting units with high levels of morale and confidence. By measure of basic combat skills and organization, the Iraqi security forces may already be substantially superior to Moqtada Sadr's rag-tag Mehdi army, which is composed largely of unemployed young toughs from the Shiite urban ghettoes. The difference between them on the battlefield, however, is based on morale and confidence - in other words, on motivation. The Sadrists are motivated by a strong nationalist sentiment and emboldened by a religious faith both in the righteousness of their cause and the celestial rewards of their "martyrdom...
What does a hotel in the middle of the urban jungle do when it wants to provide a resort experience for its guests? It builds an oasis several stories in the air. And Hong Kong's Grand Hyatt has done so, spending a cool $10 million in the process...