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...rival foreign brands in the corporate client space and not from Legend itself. Now Dell has to start pushing its way into the consciousness of ordinary consumers and mid-sized corporations, where the next wave of mainland computerization is cresting. But selling desktops to the masses is Legend's turf-and Dell might find it's a long march to total global domination...
...Israeli troops out of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Still, the Bush administration on Thursday asked for more - an Israeli pullout from all Palestinian Authority (PA) territory. The Palestinians have long said that there would be no cease-fire talks as long as Israeli forces remained on their turf, and the U.S. call for Israeli compliance reflects the extent to which the political initiative has shifted back to Arafat...
...their solid battlefield performance, the Tajiks' presence has fueled ethnic resentment among the locals, even those fighting alongside the U.S. Pro-government Pashtun commanders in nearby Gardez have called for the Tajiks to be withdrawn, some saying their men would rather have the Taliban and al-Qaeda on their turf than the Northern Alliance...
...Laurent's social aid and detox clinics show that the district and drugs are no strangers. But for everyone, the place has been getting scary. "Day and night the dealers were out on the streets in force, fighting with each other for turf and customers, being aggressive to passers-by," says Jean-Pierre Clavien, a local shopkeeper. "They created fear and insecurity in the neighborhood." Last week all that aggression culminated in the death of one dealer - an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone - who was stabbed in the liver, apparently after giving chase to a buyer...
...government-supervised heroin-prescription program in 13 cities and one prison has shown dramatic improvements in the crime rates, social inclusion and health of users. A law allowing the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana is awaiting final approval by Parliament, probably next year. In Lausanne as a result, turf wars among the city's heroin dealers - most of them refugees from Albania and the former Yugoslavia - are rare and the city is developing an Amsterdamish attitude to dope...