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...into the role of Ashley, Shaun’s sweet-faced and sympathetic girlfriend, and Hanks successfully anchors the diverse cast with his convincing portrayal of the likable Shaun. The audience can’t help but care about the kind-hearted idealist who pursues his dreams with reckless abandon. He seems real, because his goals and his problems seem real. What distinguishes this movie from its contemporaries in the teen market is the presence of genuine emotion. We can relate to Shaun’s desire to leave home and expand his creative horizons, much more than...
...turn away from the Kashmiri rebels, especially under pressure from India, was a lot to ask of a Pakistani leader. It was hard enough for Musharraf, under U.S. pressure, to abandon the Taliban, whom Pakistan had supported before Sept. 11. But the Kashmir cause is much closer to the hearts of Pakistanis, who partly define themselves through their opposition to India. Anyway, Musharraf had few options. "If he didn't give the appearance of responding to Indian concerns, he might have a war on his hands, and it would be a war he'd lose," notes Robert Hathaway, director...
...Even more worrying for the Palestinian leader, perhaps, was the decision by Hamas to abandon its avoidance of attacks inside Israel in order to maintain Palestinian national unity and prevent the collapse of the PA. Arafat's security forces have continued to arrest Hamas and Islamic Jihad activists over the past three weeks, provoking clashes with their supporters. Wednesday's attack was described by the Bush administration as a challenge to Arafat's authority, and the Islamists concurred. A Hamas spokesman defended the attack by posing a challenge to Arafat: "What have you to show for meeting the demands...
...turn away from the Kashmiri rebels, especially under pressure from India, was a lot to ask of a Pakistani leader. It was hard enough for Musharraf, under U.S. pressure, to abandon the Taliban, whom Pakistan had supported before Sept. 11. But the Kashmir cause is much closer to the hearts of Pakistanis, who partly define themselves through their opposition to India. Anyway, Musharraf had few options. "If he didn't give the appearance of responding to Indian concerns, he might have a war on his hands, and it would be a war he'd lose," notes Robert Hathaway, director...
Aides argued that Bush could show the Afghans and everyone else in the region that the U.S. was not going to install an occupation force or pick a puppet leader the way the Soviets had 20 years before. But the U.S. was not going to abandon Kabul either. Those combined assurances, they said, would promote stability. Slowly, Bush came around. "An end is not, you know, the demise of al-Qaeda," he told TIME. "That's not the end. The end is a stable government [in Afghanistan...