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...clean slate. "The FAA agrees that, except for violations of regulations concerning hazardous materials and civil aviation security," the consent order said, "it will not pursue any civil penalty for any violation of the regulations known by FAA as of the date and time of the execution of this agreement." How could it? The FAA could hardly go back and find the faults without admitting that it was to blame for missing or ignoring them in the first place...
...Terrorist Sanctuary The federally administered tribal Areas, which include Mehsud's South Waziristan base but not Swat, have always been Pakistan's Wild West, a lawless frontier land notorious for smugglers, thieves, guns and drugs. The FATA, as the area is called, is a legacy of a 19th century agreement between the British rulers of undivided India and the Pashtun tribes inhabiting the mountainous fringes of the Empire. In exchange for autonomy and the freedom to run their affairs in accordance with their Islamic faith and customs, the tribal leaders promised to guard the border with Afghanistan and keep peace...
...Khalid Aziz, a onetime political agent appointed by Islamabad to administer to the tribal areas, the militancy is an obvious outcome of the antiquated agreement. Development that brought schools, jobs, roads, health care and electricity to the rest of Pakistan largely bypassed the tribal areas. Unemployment among the population of 3.5 million hovers around 70%. Two-thirds live below the poverty line. Only 6% of inhabitants can read. For women it's less than 1%. "Given that kind of environment; it's not likely that you will see a Leonardo da Vinci come up," says Aziz, who now heads...
...Baghdad Iraq Wants a Withdrawal Date Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki implied on July 7 that he wants a new agreement with the U.S. to spell out when foreign troops will leave--the sort of timeline the Bush Administration has long opposed. Iraq's national security adviser chimed in the next day, saying Baghdad was "impatiently" waiting for the U.S. to pull out troops. "We're unambiguously talking about their departure," he said...
...sole application for World Heritage status?as opposed to a joint bid by both countries?nationalists in Thailand were up in arms. The constitutional court then ruled that Noppadon's decision to support Cambodia's bid without consulting parliament first was unconstitutional because under Thailand's charter, any agreement with another nation should pass through the legislature...