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...Brien said they hope to set up a conference of volunteers at Harvard this fall to prepare for the election and provide basic training in the complexities of voting law and its implementation...
Preliminary tallies after the event indicated that about 50 new voters were added to the rolls, but nearly five times as many filled out basic information to receive warning prior to their states’ deadlines...
...Bush Administration's exit strategy and to Bremer, even if the disagreement can soon be smoothed over. Without ever appearing in public or communicating with American officials, Ayatullah Sistani showed just how much power he wields over Iraq's future. During the contentious negotiations to draft the basic law, Shi'ite members would frequently accept a point, then reopen the issue after hearing from Ayatullah Sistani. Now they were playing the same trick in public as a way to gain maximum leverage. But any attempt to revise the disputed clauses will probably infuriate the Kurds, who regard them as essential...
Ayatullah Sistani's last-minute objections focused on two clauses in the basic law that give the Kurds what he apparently considers an unreasonable amount of autonomy and power. But those "technical" disputes may have opened up a fundamental struggle for political supremacy. Five of the council's 13 Shi'ite members simply failed to appear for a lunch meeting to ratify the document, and it took hours of cajoling to persuade them even to attend emergency talks well after the public ceremony should have begun. Prominent among the refuseniks was Chalabi, head of the exile Iraqi National Congress...
Before you get started, you'll need to invest in a webcam and a headset. I used the Logitech QuickCam Orbit camera ($130), which automatically follows your face as you move, but basic models start at $25. Headsets with built-in speakers and microphones start at about...