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Mohsen Azimi holds the engraving machine tight and etches the image of an open book onto the base of a gray tombstone. He puts the date of "sunrise" on one page, and "sunset" on the other, as Iranians refer to birth and death. It's 10 p.m., way past his usual working hours, but Azimi, 27, has had so much business he's brought his brother-in-law from a city 800 km away to lend a hand. Gravestones have been in heavy demand since shortly after this ancient city was destroyed by an earthquake one year ago. But people...
...constitution. That's not just campaign rhetoric. Though it is Taipei's main backer, Washington is currently enjoying excellent relations with Beijing and has made it plain to Chen that it will not tolerate any change in the status quo between Taiwan and China. Chen is "mobilizing his electoral base by appealing to fundamentalists," says Emile Sheng, associate professor of political science at Taipei's Soochow University, yet also "speaking to the Americans...
...circular arcs - a process that wastes transmission power because only the signals that hit a phone are used - an ArrayComm antenna transmits signals in a straight line, targeting a particular phone that it recognizes using specialized software. Cooper says ArrayComm's software, which resides in computers at transmitting base stations, can reach 40 times more people than conventional antennae, and cost six times less to deploy. For now, ArrayComm seems to be leaping ahead of WiMAX...
...More significant, however, is the steady torrent of rebukes directed at Barghouti from within the ranks of his natural base, the militant grassroots of Fatah who serve as the shock troops of the current intifadah via the al-Aksa Martyr's Brigade and other militia. They have been even more urgent and insistent in demanding that Barghouti drop out of the race in the name of the unity emphasized by all Palestinian factions in the wake of Yasser Arafat's passing. "We are against the candidacy of Marwan because it is contrary to the decision of the central committee...
...Even if Barghouti had followed the lead of the local al-Aksa brigade commanders and simply backed Abbas, their support in itself creates restraints on the ability of Abbas, or any other elected leader, to cut deals oppose by the Fatah base. (Some Palestinian observers believe Barghouti may have decided to enter the race after Abbas failed to meet the political price for his support - putting prisoner releases at the top of the negotiating agenda - while others have suggested his decision reflects a fear of being eclipsed by rivals among his own "intifadah" generation.) Some of those restraints...