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...signature building or two - a Gehry, or a Norman Foster like London's Swiss Re tower - so much the better. But it won't happen soon. "Now we're taking care of the garden, preparing the earth," says Dominique Alba, director general of Le Pavillon de l'Arsenal, the city's architectural center, and a close adviser to Delanoë. "Later we can do the gastronomy." Some people don't like the menu. No surprise there: Parisians have always been ferociously protective of their skyline. In 1887, writers Alexandre Dumas fils and Guy de Maupassant were among the artists...
...held. But given its dominant role in Pakistani politics, the military could well seize power. That might keep Pakistan's nuclear weapons safe; the program has always been controlled by the generals, even during civilian governments. Bush told reporters on New Year's Day he believed Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was secure. "Obviously, terrorists are after [Musharraf], and he sounded very confident that his security forces would be able to deal with the threat," Bush said after a telephone conversation with Musharraf. If that confidence proves unfounded, those prosecuting America's war on terror will have a new worry: whether...
...made a similar blunder, killing six other children along with two adults, members of a village family in neighboring Paktia province. That raid was supposed to take out a powerful clergyman named Mullah Jalani, who was accused by the Pentagon of operating training camps for mujahedin, hiding a sizable arsenal inside his stockade and firing at U.S. troops with what officials call a "crew-served machine gun." But many question why Jalani had been targeted. Just two days before, he had been drinking tea and cracking jokes with the pro-U.S. governor of the provincial capital, Gardez. Special-forces...
...very bad luck who gets tangled up with a bloody underworld gang war and a really good-looking lady assassin. The mood is pure noir: rain-splashed puddles, black overcoats and soulful cello solos. But it's not all artsy stuff. Max goes after his foes with a satisfying arsenal of chunky, high-caliber handguns, and when the fighting gets thick he busts out some stunning Matrix-style bullet-time moves. You won't read a better video game this year...
...made a similar blunder, killing six other children along with two adults, members of a village family in neighboring Paktia province. That raid was supposed to take out a powerful clergyman named Mullah Jalani, who was accused by the Pentagon of operating training camps for mujahedin, hiding a sizable arsenal inside his stockade and firing at U.S. troops with what officials call a "crew-served machine gun." But many question why Jalani had been targeted. Just two days before, he had been drinking tea and cracking jokes with the pro-U.S. governor of the provincial capital, Gardez. Special-forces...