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Brigadier General Kadre Abdel Latif, the director of the Interior Ministry's criminal investigations branch in northwest Baghdad, views this as a frustrating new burden - and one the Iraqis aren't ready for. "The army and police - especially the army - impedes our efforts in arresting these [wanted] people," he told Vermeesch during a visit this week. Once information about a target is distributed to Iraqi forces, "the information gets to the wanted people, and they take off." Latif doesn't like the idea of detainees being handed over to Iraqi forces either: they are often released before they...
...home to ensure that Obama's family and staff were powered up. "We understand he's O.K. in his compound," said Hannemann, speaking Friday night. "Where he is staying has to be one of the most secure spots on the island." Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle said an undisclosed branch of the military provided communications equipment to Obama's security detail while the state's civil defense worked to ensure the generator was operating by 11:30 p.m. "We stayed until we were certain that he was all taken care of," said Lingle...
...alone, an increase of 79% over 2007. With some victims as young as 13, most cases involved women, though experts estimate that 15% of cases worldwide may involve men marrying as a result of family pressure. "We're definitely getting more calls than normal," says FCO spokesman Nick Branch. Branch says most of the unit's cases this year involved families from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh...
...scandal-ridden of the federal government - is a disaster. The Bush Administration stuffed the department with former industry lobbyists who kowtowed to miners and loggers, eviscerated environmental protections like the Endangered Species Act and actively ignored recommendations by the department's scientists. Worse, the Mineral Management Service (MMS) - a branch of Interior that collects royalties from energy industry work on federal lands - was hit this year with a massive scandal. MMS employees received thousands of dollars of gifts from the energy companies they were supposed to be policing; several officials were accused of using drugs at industry functions and even...
Atlanta Scene. Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio opened a branch of his fashionable restaurant, Craft, in Atlanta on Dec. 8. Other locations serving Colicchio's simple, elegant fare are in New York City, Los Angeles and Dallas. We recommend you sample his roasted quail and hen of the woods mushrooms. 376 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta...