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...Lyari, Baloch, though only a child, fell in love with the PPP when the elder Bhutto made it the centerpiece of his campaign to empower Pakistan's poor. "Bhutto came to my house and asked about my problems," says Banno. "Nazir was there with me, waving his little flag." Lyari has been a PPP stronghold ever since...
...Blue Card - colored to match the European Union's flag - is part of a plan to make it easier for skilled foreign workers get jobs in the 27 member states of the E.U. The combination residence permit and work visa would allow holders and their families to live, work and travel within the Union. If agreed by member state governments, it could be introduced by 2009, alongside a global advertising campaign to draw in qualified migrants...
Tribal leaders, local officials and a coterie from the Maliki government waved and clapped from the viewing box above the street, under a door-sized poster of Sattar, flanked on one side by an Iraqi flag and on the other by the yellow flag of the "Iraqi Awakening." Before Sattar was killed last month, he broadened his ambitions and his claims of authority to include all of Iraq. Al Rubaie hailed that spirit and pledged the central government would support it locally with funds, security forces and other assistance to develop the region and tie it more firmly with Baghdad...
...jets and attack helicopters. On Monday, a convoy of 50 military vehicles, loaded with soldiers and weapons, was seen heading toward the border, according to the Associated Press. In Istanbul, the capital Ankara and the port city of Mersin, thousands of protestors, wearing black ribbons and waving the Turkish flag, denounced the PKK attack. Across the country, public events and celebrations (including a concert by the American pop star Beyonce in Istanbul) were canceled to mourn the army deaths...
...Race for Resources That big piece of melting sea ice on the cover was identified as being on the shore of Nunavut, Canada [Oct. 1]. So what prompted you to take such artistic license and use the combination of flags you inserted into the image? Why isn't Canada's flag more clearly represented on your cover? You seem to have shown disrespect for the best neighbor the U.S. has. George Walsh, Victoria, Canada...