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...Jimmy's story shows, the spirit of '88 has not been entirely extinguished. But Burma's dictators have proved far more resilient than its democrats. In the past year alone, the junta has survived two of its biggest challenges since 1988: last year's mass protests and the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which killed nearly 140,000 people when it slammed into the Irrawaddy delta region...
...world most after September 11, 2001, as Louise Richardson argues in the immensely useful book What Terrorists Want, was the U.S. response. Undoubtedly, the attack represented the largest-scale terrorist strike by a sub-state group in history and the bloodiest such attack on American soil. In its aftermath, the immediate uncertainty created understandable panic. Was this the first of a wave of attacks, or was this an isolated event? Was Al Qaeda mustering the strength for an even larger-scale attack, or had it used all of the weapons in its arsenal...
...location of its original HQ. It's the world's most famous brand name in policing and - despite mounting travails - the most respected. Met detectives are the global go-to guys for anyone wanting assistance with politically charged investigations (Benazir Bhutto's assassination), forensics (the Asian tsunami's aftermath), or sensitive operations such as kidnappings. There are now Met liaison officers stationed in 16 countries...
...Those comments - now playing in clips on YouTube-speak to not only the bruised feelings of Clinton's many supporters. Embedded in those remarks, say friends and advisers, are hints of Clinton's own feelings in the aftermath of a race in which she fought so hard and still fell short. In public, Clinton is doing everything she is asked - and then some - to help the man who defeated her get elected to the White House. She raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Obama from her extensive network of donors and has spoken to many of the groups, including...
...Hamdan after his capture in Afghanistan, saying they were obtained under "highly coercive" circumstances. That suggests that the outcome of Hamdan's trial could influence not just how terrorism suspects are treated in the future but also whether the whole system that President Bush first authorized in the aftermath of Sept. 11 will survive under the next Commander in Chief. In that sense, the fame--or infamy--of Salim Hamdan may endure long after his trial does...