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...keep the country from reverting to a safe harbor for the Taliban and al-Qaeda. But amid new demands for peacekeepers in south Lebanon and a worsening situation in Afghanistan - at least 14 Canadian and British soldiers have been killed and dozens more wounded since the beginning of August - NATO countries are unlikely to make further commitments of troops and money, even if that's required to turn Afghanistan around...
...with a retail spin - his version would be implanted behind a store's glass window and would be touch sensitive, allowing window shoppers to interactively browse through Lauren merchandise and purchase what they saw using a built in credit-card swiper. The first of these screens was inaugurated on August 7th at the Polo Ralph Lauren flagship store in Manhattan. It is operative and manned by a security guard 24 hours a day, according to Lauren, and purchases are shipped directly to consumers' homes. Canadian company, Brookview Technologies constructed the system from a 67-inch transparent screen made in Germany...
...Despite those concerns, Bush's job-approval ratings lifted a bit. The TIME poll of 1,002 adult Americans, conducted August 22-24, put Bush's rating at 38%, up three percentage points from a TIME poll Aug. 9-10. His handling of the economy rated approval by 38% as well, up five points, and his handling of Iraq edged up to 34%, a four-point improvement. Congress fared worse, with only 30% approving of its performance. Asked how they would vote if elections for Congress were held today, 51% of the registered voters among the respondents said they...
Lebanon is struggling to get back to normal after the summer's war. Central Beirut, whose sidewalk cafes are usually packed with Arab tourists in August, is still a ghost town. But Lebanese families and gaggles of teenagers have reclaimed the promenade along the Mediterranean Sea, escaping the humidity and trading stories about the Hizballah-Israel conflict that recently left so much of their country in ruins...
...election last year, many have argued that Ahmadinejad's religious beliefs are apocalyptic, and that he seeks to hasten the end of time by acquiring and using nuclear weapons. The paranoia is so real that when he said Iran would respond to the West's nuclear offer on August 22, one established expert suggested Ahmadinejad might deliver Armageddon instead. This speculation grew from an anniversary date on the Islamic calendar deemed as auspicious, should one happen to be an apocalyptic leader who happened to be looking for a good date to end the world sometime mid-summer. Iranians...