5/07/2007
It has also been stepping up raids on al-Qaeda which it blames for most of the car bombings.
But rising incomes mean that some newly rich couples in urban areas can easily afford to break the rules and pay the resulting fines.
Guide to the nuclear fuel cycle HAVE YOUR SAY Your pictures: Life in Iran What next for Iran? The new government says that it is determined to continue its nationwide crackdown on corruption, and has arrested more than 150 top politicians, civil servants and businessmen. Regulators rejected a last-ditch attempt by the group to get shareholder backing despite it saying it had garnered enough support to proceed.
Shelters have been set up in nearby towns and National Guard soldiers have been sent to the area to provide security.
Vice President Annette Lu trailed a distant fourth. It was a photograph of a smiling Abdullah Gul with a message underneath - "Congratulations!
"I gave it all my energy, and will continue," she told supporters. It follows a warning by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert that Israel would take action if Palestinian militants continued firing rockets into Israel from Gaza. "This week I didn't really have my best stuff, but it was good enough.
President Bouteflika of Algeria said the French people had chosen "a man of action", President Wade of Senegal called it "a brilliant election".
Ten people were hurt. He is also expected to bring forward policies to cut taxes and keep trains running during strikes, in the first 100 days after he takes office on 16 May.
Anger over his sacking poses the biggest challenge to Gen Musharraf's rule since he seized power in 1999.
The motive for the attack is being investigated. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed "an air raid in northern Gaza that targeted a vehicle that was carrying arms and was on its way to launch rockets". One of the biggest challenges for researchers was to translate the Bible not just literally, but culturally, to give it a distinctly indigenous feel.
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