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America's Founding Fathers spent nearly four months hashing out a constitution. Iraq's drafting committee has been trying to crank one out in half that time. With an Aug. 1 deadline rapidly approaching, the chief sticking point appears to be how the government can avoid another Saddam-like concentration of power. Both the Shi'ites and the Kurds are pushing for varying degrees of federalism, and the U.S. is supporting the plan. The Kurds have long sought a large degree of autonomy for their region in the north. The Shi'ites too are now calling for an autonomous region...
...many juvenile and so-10-years-ago allusions to a homosexual love for laughs (a choice neglected in the case of Claire’s brother), Dobkin lets the two actors create a real friendship. Like all good buddy movies, the girls are mainly diversions, allowing male viewers to avoid the squeamishness of going on a man date...
...with who is up and who is down. Whether in magazines, on TV chat shows or on bookstore shelves, the domestic debate is dominated by the idea of kachigumi and makegumi ("the winning team" and the "losing team"). Fashion magazines are filled with beauty tips to marry early and avoid being a poor, single woman. Newsmagazines list the names of middle schools that readers' kids should attend to assure they grow up to be winners. Weeklies show what the winners are wearing and where they are eating, while literary essays ponder the meaning of winning and losing in life...
...business community was squarely behind Arroyo. Its defection is a major worry for her, given that Ferdinand Marcos and Joseph Estrada fell from power in 1986 and 2001 respectively after Big Business wrote them off. In June, Arroyo's administration pushed through Congress a fiscal restructuring package to help avoid an Argentine-style financial crisis. But the cornerstone of that package?an expanded value-added tax?has been suspended by the Supreme Court. Increasingly, Arroyo is no longer seen as an asset but a liability. "We were on the verge of a major boom," says Joey Salceda, a Congressman...
...government is still hoping for growth of around 5% this year?if the Arroyo crisis doesn't drag on. But it may prove hard to hang on with so little support from businessmen and her former Cabinet members. The Philippines may avoid a nonconstitutional overthrow like a military coup or another People Power revolt if Arroyo chooses to surrender power to her Vice President, former news broadcaster Noli de Castro. But De Castro, who served as a Senator before becoming Vice President last year, is best known to the public for his television career, not for accomplishments in office...