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...Kabul. But the improvements in the lives of many Afghans are tempered by the country's persistent insecurity, which is fueled by a rampant drug trade and a Taliban-led insurgency growing more brazen, sophisticated and lethal. More than 1,600 Afghans and 99 U.S. soldiers were killed in combat last year, the bloodiest period since the fall of the Taliban. Since the beginning of 2006, eight more Americans have died, including one last week. Few believe the fighting is likely to subside. Lieut. General Michael Maples, who heads the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, told Congress last week that "insurgents...
...deliberate burial makes it especially frustrating for scientists that the Corps in 1998 dumped hundreds of tons of boulders, dirt and sand on the discovery site - officially as part of a project to combat erosion along the Columbia River, although some scientists suspect it was also to avoid further conflict with the local tribes. Kennewick Man's actual burial pit had already been washed away by the time Stafford visited the site in December 1997, but a careful survey might have turned up artifacts that could have been buried with him. And if his was part of a larger burial...
...doesn’t get a lot of use.Perhaps that’s because gamers for the most part no longer want to lock themselves in alone with their Xboxes. If events like the Smash Open and massive Halo parties continue to bolster gaming’s profile, cartoon combat and futuristic gunfire may join instant messenger’s chirp as sounds of perfectly acceptable-but virtual-social interaction.—Staff writer Patrick R. Chesnut can be reached at pchesnut@fas.harvard.edu...
...February, the Cambridge Public School (CPS) Committee decided to conduct a market research study over the next two to three months which will identify what Cantabrigians think caused the enrollment decrease so that the school system can effectively combat the problem...
...west seems to have finally acknowledged the growing influence of India and China as major global economic powers. Both nations, however, are marred by real problems that need solutions. There are tragic undercurrents caused mainly by lack of infrastructure, rampant corruption and the absence of realistic programs to combat poverty in urban and rural areas. Unless these two future superpowers make efforts to bring all social classes under their umbrella of success, we cannot be euphoric over their one-dimensional growth. Arvind K. Pandey Allahabad, India...