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...difficulty in differentiating terrorist from tribal smuggler is one reason U.S. forces have refrained from crossing over. Even now, six months into the war on terror, American intelligence in Afghanistan is patchy at best. A diplomat says the U.S. still relies on informants whose main aim is not necessarily to smoke out al-Qaeda but to avenge old tribal vendettas. "Hot pursuit into Pakistan is acceptable if you're sure the bad guys are in your sights," explains a Western diplomat in Islamabad. "But if the Pentagon ends up dropping a bomb on women and kids because of bad intel...
...nation almost saved the festival it was Japan, which comes as a pleasant surprise: the supine performance of the Japanese film industry during much of the past decade was one of the big factors driving China's recent ascendance. Japan's directors took dead aim at real-life subject matter, not shying away from the darker parts of society and keeping clear of any self-conscious Japan-o-philia. In a country where school bullying, teenage prostitution and youth crime increasingly make headlines, Japan's directors and writers certainly have stories to tell. (Not to mention a large captive audience...
...notifying students of new services, for-profit or not, the council is helping to fulfill its aim of improving students’ quality of life. Small startups and especially student entrepreneurs do not always have enough money to advertise on a large scale, yet students should still be able to find out about their often-essential services...
This renewed focus on the educational goals of Harvard when making funding decisions for student groups will rightly exclude groups founded on personal fancy and direct more of Harvard’s vast wealth towards groups that specifically aim to improve the University community...
...Cabot Fund was established in 1905 in honor of Walter Channing Cabot by his wife, Elizabeth Rogers Cabot, and their children. Its aim is to award and encourage scholarly endeavours and academic distinction among Harvard faculty...