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...eventually take over the mission from the U.S. It may sound like a limited goal, after the sweeping visions of democracy promised during the Bush years. But even that relatively modest strategy is based on some very questionable assumptions. (See a slide show of the war in Afghanistan up close...
...Hear the People Sing?” from “Les Misérables,” while UC Vice President Kia J. McLeod ’10 might perform a heartfelt rendition of “On My Own.” It would close after opening night because, really, nobody cares...
Justin Timberlake sings in “Pose,” “It’s time to expose and break off the roles now take off your clothes, get real close up to the light, and do that thing, show you’re right,” or if you’d prefer to keep your clothes on, he’ll just pull them right off for you. Sorry Janet, should have seen it coming...
...belt in the northwest of the country. But the government offensive against militants in South Waziristan has changed that. A double-suicide attack on the International Islamic University in Islamabad in October sent government officials and parents in cities into a frenzy. Across the country, schools were told to close and security measures quickly improvised. Up to 30 million public and private students from pre-kindergarten through high school were affected, according to the latest figures from the Pakistan Ministry of Education. Up to 220,000 institutions felt the impact. "We were just asked to shut down," says Huma...
...included several libel suits against opposition newspapers. He declared in September that if necessary, Berlusconi would testify in a suit against a journalist who referred to rumors that the Prime Minister is impotent. Last week, Berlusconi vowed to launch additional suits against newspapers that printed unsubstantiated reports that a close adviser of his was involved in a 1993 bombing campaign by the Sicilian Mafia. (Read "An Offended Berlusconi Goes on the Offensive...