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...doubles the number of joint local, state and federal border-enforcement security teams and ratchets up intelligence resources to track Mexico's increasingly chaotic mix of drug organizations, at least three of which are fighting for control of Juárez. "Adding resources to fight the weapons flow, the bulk currency shipments, and strengthen intelligence are all welcome moves," says John Bailey, an expert on Mexican drug-trafficking at Georgetown University. "The question is whether the Americans are now putting some kind of long-term policy in place," which was often missing from previous Administrations...
...That same aspiration is gaining traction in the defense departments of many Western nations. Frustrated by the vulnerability of long supply lines in recent conflicts - and aware that in an end-game global war the countries holding the bulk of the world's oil and gas may not prove to be allies - Western militaries are in search of new alternative fuel sources for their tanks, vehicles, planes and ships. (See pictures...
...come back to you / South China Moon.” Its use, however, is representative of a larger theme of this new album. Co-frontmen Justin A. Rice ’99 and Christian A. Rudder ’98 share mic and songwriting duties with Rudder writing the bulk of the songs this time around, and the result is a safe, predictable work that obeys genre conventions without challenging them. “Grr…” always keeps the listener mildly engaged while making no real impact. This pattern is established on the first track...
...with Zardari and his Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani. Although Pakistan's army has routinely staged political interventions, analysts believe that it is unwilling to seize power in another military coup. But as Zardari and Sharif joust for control over Punjab, the largest province and the home of the bulk of the army, it could yet assert its clout through backstage maneuvers...
...industrial pollination may be starting to take its toll on the bees. Many keepers are feeding their colonies corn syrup, sugar and pollen substitute to artificially bulk up hives ahead of the almond season, while killing off parasitic mites with pesticides. Plus, parking the hives smack in the middle of this land of almonds "is comparable to us going to McDonald's every day for a month," says Johnson. "In the past, you'd have a blend of sources, and [the bees] seemed so much healthier." Johnson and many bee researchers believe this monocultural diet may have contributed...