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...health expert, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, as FDA Administrator. Dr. Hamburg, 53, known as Peggy, would be the latest in a string of high-achievers to join the Obama administration, with double degrees from Harvard and a successful run as New York City's youngest health commissioner under her belt...
...remember you, either—maybe it’s time to let go of those 80 kids from prefrosh. Scorpio With Mercury dancing in the east, you might find yourself a little off-kilter. Could be last weekend’s little wardrobe snafu—nothing a belt can’t fix. Sagittarius There is something to be said for blind idealism, but keep your guard up and be careful. Not everything is as perfect as it seems. Capricorn Something amazing is about to happen to you, but it’s all a matter of interpretation...
...through the Abu Ghraib marketplace in western Baghdad after the conclusion of a nearby peace meeting. But it turned into a bloodbath. At least 32 people were killed - including security officials as well as two Iraqi television journalists - and dozens were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in the crowd. (See pictures of the aftershocks of the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal...
Tuesday's strike was the second major attack in a week, raising fears of a return to Iraq's bad old days when such deadly blasts were daily occurrences. On Sunday, a suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt and riding an explosives-laden motorcycle targeted recruits outside Baghdad's Police Academy, leaving some 28 dead. The spike in violence comes as the U.S. prepares to reduce its troop numbers here from 140,000 to 128,000 by September. It also follows Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's attempt to cobble together a semblance of pan-Iraqi political solidarity...
...turbulent situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan's key role cannot be solved by an equation of needs and wants, as spelled out in the chart accompanying Bobby Ghosh's article [Feb. 16]. Pakistan's main concern is oblivion. The incursions and drone attacks in the country's tribal belt fuel antagonism and hatred toward the U.S. Richard Holbrooke needs to evolve a strategy that leads to a stabilization of the region. Indian intransigence toward a resolution of the Kashmir conflict needs to be redressed. Indeed, that is the tougher challenge that Holbrooke will confront: persuading New Delhi to shelve...