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...they have so far failed to secure a single seat in the capital. By the time the Tehran votes were counted Monday noon local time, 16 out of 30 seats had gone to candidates of the pro-Ahmadinejad United Principalists' Coalition, with the remainder to be contested in a run-off later in April or May. Theoretically, reformists still could take the remaining seats...
...local polls to vent their disgruntlement at Sarkozy's national leadership. Remaining conspicuously out of sight, however, did not put Sarkozy out of voters' minds: They delivered a stinging rebuke to Sarkozy's party and his conservative allies, who now face uphill battles against leftists in decisive run-off elections March 16. Just last summer, Sarkozy's party coasted to legislative election victory on the coattails of his presidential win; now, members of his cabinet are urging voters not to let their frustration with the national government determine the outcome of local contests...
...Chewang Norphel has gone beyond prayer. The 73-year-old civil engineer has come up with a solution that won't exactly save the ancient glaciers, but it could stave off a looming irrigation crisis. Norphel has created artificial glaciers, frozen pools of glacier run-off perched above the farmers' fields, which thaw just in time for the start of growing season in April - two months before water from the distant natural glaciers is expected to arrive. The slanted pools melt into irrigation channels over the next six weeks, watering crops for villages of roughly 500 families...
...supporters deploring that decision, Saakashvili sought to restore his democratic credentials by lifting the stage of siege, resigning and calling a snap Presidential election, which he now appears to be winning by the skin of his teeth in the first round. This would be crucial as going into a run-off could have proved his undoing...
...winner of Sunday's run-off will inherit a strong economy, which grew by 5.6 percent in 2007, the fastest annual growth in two decades, primarily driven by sugar and fruit exports. The Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States implemented last year should lead to a more than 50 percent rise in foreign direct investment in 2007. And both parties plan to boost competitiveness by promoting foreign investment and trade. But in a country that has the highest chronic child malnutrition rate in the Western Hemisphere and the region's lowest tax rate, the economic windfall...