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...bulk of the rebel force?and its savagery?was saved for the army barracks. After setting fire to several buildings in town and waiting until half the garrison mobilized to douse the flames, more than 1,000 rebels attacked the depleted post. Reinforcements arriving the next day found the soldiers' bodies in a line stretched across the sandbag ramparts. Many bore the powder-burn marks of close-range executions. The garrison commander was found decapitated and quartered, his head, arms and legs stuffed in a sleeping bag. All weapons and ammunition had been taken. Only three soldiers survived. The attack...
...traditionally associated with life's basic necessities - bread, say, or gasoline. But over the past three years in Prague, a different kind of convenience store has mushroomed. Specializing in the resale of mobile phones, these outlets offer not only 24-hour service, but inviting price tags, with the bulk of their handsets in the $100 range. Police believe most of the phones are stolen, but complicated Czech proof-of-ownership laws render them almost powerless to prosecute. And in a country where almost 11,000 cell phones were reported stolen in the first eight months of last year, the police...
...operation to dismantle al Qaeda is slow going in Afghanistan. When the Taliban crumbled in the face of the American bombardment last November and December, thousands of foot soldiers surrendered to the Northern Alliance. But many thousands more, including most of the commanders and the bulk of al Qaeda, simply melted away. Hundreds are suspected to have crossed into Pakistan. But many more shaved their beards, ditched their black turbans and bought safe refuge in the myriad out-of-the-way villages and hamlets that dot the Afghan countryside...
...clearly visible peaceful path to Palestinian statehood. Instead of waiting for the Bush administration to restart political negotiations, Crown Prince Abdullah has stepped into the vacuum by restating the simple proposition that there'll be no long-term peace while Israeli soldiers and settlers continue to occupy the bulk of the Palestinian territory captured...
...real power of PSLM, of course, is that we know it will go to any ends to accomplish its goals, and that although it attributes a bully pulpit to Harvard, it is actually the one who received the bulk of favorable media coverage last year. It has seized the moral high ground as assuredly as it seized Mass. Hall and disrupted the lives of Harvard workers (let’s not forget that the administration secretaries receive a paycheck from Harvard) and students alike...