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...WEAPONRY Since 2001, the U.S. has provided the Philippine military with 45,000 M-16 assault rifles, 333 heavy trucks, five "Huey" helicopters, several coastal-patrol vessels and a C-130 military transport aircraft. During his visit to Manila, Bush reiterated a promise to deliver 20 refurbished military helicopters...
Thank you for Nalina Sombuntham’s article on the new Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR) (News, “New Office Combats Assault,” Oct. 20). With Susan B. Marine at the helm of an impressive staff, we’ve already seen major improvements to the sexual assault preventative education curriculum and the resources available for survivors, and I can’t wait to see what else is in the works...
...minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin all but declared war on the Parisian élite in an October interview with TIME, chastising French intellectuals for "not being open-minded enough about the world." It's a problem previous governments have grappled with, but last week Raffarin's government launched a new assault on the ruling class's high temple: the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, the fiercely competitive, 58-year-old school that breeds France's best and brightest. As of 2005, the school will close its Paris campus for everything but continuing education and concentrate its activities at its Strasbourg headquarters. While...
...GAZA In yet another blow to the stalled Middle East road map to peace, Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians, including militants and civilians, in a series of air raids in Gaza, while three Israeli soldiers died in a shooting and grenade attack by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The latter assault came on the heels of an agreement by leaders of the two main Palestinian Muslim militant groups, meeting in Syria, to coordinate their attacks. FARC Takes a Hit COLOMBIA The second-ranking leader of an élite unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was killed...
...said it is unlikely this most recent assault and the others were committed by the same person...