Although MCI managed to retain much of its customer base during the bankruptcy process, analysts say the company's lack of a wireless unit could put it at a disadvantage as wireless technology plays an increasing role in telecommunications.

mr ed
its not clear how u could write a story about mci, and mention their 'lack of wireless' without pointing out that mci actually have the iraq contract. perhaps they wanna keep it off the radar, given that the cadmin gave mci the contract despite the fact that they'd never built a wireless network and despite all the scandal around the company

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"At the start some considered the Americans were helping them. There was no hatred of the Americans. After what has happened in Iraq, there is unprecedented hatred and the Americans know it," Mubarak said.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Tuesday called the June 30th transfer of authority in Iraq (news - web sites) just a step toward self-rule and not "a magical date" to hand over control of the country to Iraqis.

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But late on Tuesday, the Dominican Republic joined the countries leaving, saying it planned to bring its 300 troops home as soon as possible.

"The fact is this is not peacekeeping, it's still combat," Wolfowitz said. "And until it becomes peacekeeping, a lot of countries are probably going to stay on the sidelines," he told a congressional hearing in Washington

now wolfy is joing in...

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Terrorists linked to al-Qa'eda were poised to detonate a chemical bomb in the heart of Jordan's capital, Amman, that would have killed 20,000 people and contaminated a large area, it emerged yesterday.
Jordan says the vehicles were smuggled over the border from neighbouring Syria. Syria has denied this.