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...what can be done? The most realistic option is for the U.S. to abandon the idea of creating a new, united Iraq and instead allow the country to break apart, enabling each of the country's three groups to choose its own government and provide for its own security. It is possible that Sunni and Shi'ite regions would remain together in a loose confederation, but Kurdistan's full independence is almost certainly a matter of time...
...There's a lot at stake. Those who seek but don't find typically abandon religion, often never to return, says Justin Taylor, whose theologica.blogspot.com blog mixes theology, culture and politics. "So many youth ministries quickly become irrelevant to teens," he says, "because pastors get kids excited with cool video clips and cutting-edge music, but then when a parent gets cancer and the teenager is lying in bed wondering what life is all about, he or she discovers there's nothing to sustain them...
...Il’s regime is sturdier than many U.S. politicians are willing to admit, a top North Korea expert said at an Institute of Politics forum yesterday that painted a sobering picture of American security in light of the Oct. 9 nuclear test. “We must abandon our idea that, given enough time, the current regime will collapse,” said panelist Stephen W. Linton, who has traveled to North Korea over 50 times as a humanitarian aid worker and now heads the Eugene Bell Foundation, which provides medical aid to North Koreans...
...chickens hide," says Pickel, "always in the middle of the group." Haunted houses give people an opportunity to find out how they would react to a life-or-death situation in a safe environment, adds Pickel. Often that means they cry, crawl, run, hide, knock people down, and even abandon their companions. "You learn a lot about people by how they scare," says Kansas City's Arnett-Bequeaith. "But usually after the initial shock and screams, laughter follows...
...shareholder, the Blackstone Group, is agitating for Ricke to take an American-style ax to expenses. Telekom's sales outside Germany surged 13.5%, to $17.2 billion, in the first half of this year. But in the same period, sales at home plunged 4%, to $20.6 billion, as customers abandon fixed lines for mobile and Internet-based services...