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...Iraq, of course, is not the only peacekeeping mission requiring the attention of the U.S. and its allies. Some 11,000 coalition troops remain deployed in Afghanistan against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, while peacekeeping duties are the preserve of the 4,800 foreign troops grouped under the banner of the International Security Assistance Force, whose small numbers confine its work to the capital, Kabul. A number of U.S. legislators and South Asia experts are quietly warning that the security situation there is in danger of unraveling in the face of Taliban resurgence and internecine warlord conflicts, and that turning...
...Hamas says its intentions are purely religious: "Allah is its target, the Prophet is its example and the Koran is its constitution." But the group's practical goal is to "raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine"--in other words, to eradicate the state of Israel. Because Palestine was conquered by Muslims in ancient times, the land is "consecrated for future Muslim generations." Infidels can live there "in peace and quiet" but only when the area is under Islamic rule...
...Hulk character could be Chopper Read's mild-mannered cousin, a mess of rage and repression. Understand that Bana does not play the Hulk, that mean green machine. He is Bruce Banner, the sweet, troubled scientist who, when his anger starts to bubble, hands the heavy lifting, mauling and rock smashing to a computer-generated, volatile giant. (Think Shrek, off his meds.) Bana's Banner is a Clark Kent who never gets to be Superman - which means the actor had to Act. "He exists on his own as a confused, complicated character," says Bana. "Ang basically said, ?There's light...
...system is clearly broken, and there is no quick fix in sight. To doctors like Sosenko, the main problems are frivolous lawsuits and multimillion-dollar judgments awarded for tragic but sometimes unavoidable outcomes. (A banner at a rally read SICK? CALL A LAWYER) The waiting room at Sosenko's Midwest Pulmonary these days looks almost like a campaign headquarters. Banners declaring WE HAVE A CRISIS! hang alongside lists of politicians' names and phone numbers. Sosenko's patients have signed petitions calling on politicians to make malpractice reform a top priority...
...English department will add three senior professors next year—Price, Daniel Albright and James Simpson—a banner year that Department Chair Lawrence Buell attributes to the department’s “unusually flourishing state” right now, although he notes that high acceptance rates also involve a bit of luck...