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...Lieut. General Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai, the former governor of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, "is a requirement, but not a solution - a first field dressing to a battle wound." The solution, as is usually the case in regions that breed insurgencies - and not just in Pakistan - is better governance. No sign of that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan Doubles Down Against the Taliban | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

Working with Russia to block Iran's nuclear program will not be easy. Obama will have to do much better than he did when trying to win Russian support for Chicago's Olympic bid: he called Putin two days before the crucial vote, when Moscow was already committed to Rio, and offered nothing in return to the rather unsentimental Russian Prime Minister. Sadly, this too little, too late approach to Moscow on Iran's nuclear program may force the Administration to make precisely the decision it hopes to avoid: between a nuclear Iran and a new and dangerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow in the Middle | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...better world, we would be able to dismiss these fancies of a mad leader as just that and not give them more attention. Chavez forces us to study them, however, because sometimes he goes further than simply rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Lately, he has returned to using his country as a plaything for attention. The United States’s increasing role in Colombia, Venezuela’s neighbor, maddens Chavez. He lacks a real reason for his ire, besides an apparent obsession with United States imperialist tendencies he believes still alive and active. So Chavez mobilizes his armed forces...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Chavez Can’t Shun the Spotlight | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...She’s getting better every weekend, and stronger—understanding how to use her body to her advantage,” Stone said. “She’s got a good shot—I mean, she ripped that…She was one of those kids on the ice at the end of the game. That’s what you want...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Golden Knights Squeak by Crimson | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

...It’s disappointing to end this way, but I can only hope that my legacy and the legacy of the seniors continues in other ways,” he said. “My consolation is that I do believe the program is better in some ways now as I leave than it was when I came...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifth-Place Finish Signals End of Season | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

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