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| What Sunni voters want |
| The minority group is expected to turn out in force to try to secure more political sway. |
| Asian nations seek to chart new directions - without US |
| A summit in Kuala Lumpur brings together 16 Pacific nations to hammer out a 'shared vision for Asia.' |
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| Congress is getting set to consider legislation that would sell public airwaves to corporate interests, and in the process prevent communities from using them to offer low-cost wireless Internet access to their less affluent residents. Sign a petition to urge your legislators to preserver access to low-cost community Internet programs. |
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| Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST Could tea help fight ovarian cancer? |
| Swedish researchers have found tantalizing but far from conclusive evidence that drinking a couple of cups of tea every day might help reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer. |
| Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST Foreign policy goes private |
| It's a trend that features the likes of Bono, Bill Gates, former special forces commandos, and trial lawyers–and yet it may be the most important development in foreign-policy making you've never thought about: the rising influence of nonstate institutions, corporations, and advocacy groups. Across the range of issues on the Bush administration's international agenda–from defeating terrorism and delivering humanitarian aid to fighting disease and expanding democracy–private groups of one sort or another are becoming big-time players, and in doing so they are stripping away the near monopoly on power that governments once claimed for themselves. |
| Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST Lessons learned from a start-up small business |
| James Archer runs a one-year-old interactive marketing firm, Forty Media, in Phoenix and writes one of the better small-business blogs around. In a recent post to Strange Brand, he tells readers what he has learned about running a small business during the past year. A few of his insights: |
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| Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:25:52 EST Iraqis to pick new government |
| Iraqis started the year with a historic transitional assembly election. They voted for a constitution in October. And on Thursday they will cap their tumultuous year when many are expected to vote for a full four-year parliament. As many as 10 million people are expected to go to the polls, despite the possibility of violence. |
| Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:04:23 EST Iranian president says Holocaust a 'myth' |
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| Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:32:15 EST Former President Ford, 92, released from hospital |
| Former President Gerald R. Ford has been released from the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, where he was undergoing medical tests. The 92-year-old Ford has been suffering from a cold, but he went to the hospital for routine tests that have been scheduled for some time, his top aide said. |
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