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Given the level of violence, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq--currently 138,000 in 17 combat brigades--won't come down in the foreseeable future. And the Bush Administration insists it's prepared to keep forces in Iraq until the country is pacified. "We don't have an exit strategy," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said during a surprise visit to Baghdad last week. "We have a victory strategy." But behind the scenes, military planners in Iraq are putting in place a program that provides a glimpse of the future of the counterinsurgency. As the bulk of U.S. troops...
...first Westerners to face Malaysia's gallows under the 1983 Dangerous Drugs Act, which mandates death for possessing more than 15 g of heroin. They join 52 other drug traffickers on death row. Since 1975, when Malaysia passed its first law imposing the death penalty to combat dadah, the Malay word for drugs, 31 people have been hanged. Government officials say there are 80,000 known heroin addicts in the country, although the actual figure is thought to be much higher...
...combat the arms shortage, Crimson coach Tim Murphy has restored sophomore Mike Jones—who had been converted to wide receiver in the off-season—to his former position in order to provide a second-string quarterback...
...combat this quality problem, the CEA should also encourage Harvard to invest money to improve on its existing summer study-abroad programs, to create more Harvard-sanctioned term time study abroad programs, and to establish partnerships with elite schools and institutions around the world. One of the CEA recommendations is that Harvard science departments work to develop opportunities at laboratories and field stations around the world—the same should be said for all the Harvard departments. Harvard currently has a villa in Italy and a laboratory in Chile (and a forest in New Zealand). More property would...
...researchers at a handful of medical centers around the country are testing another antiviral preparation, called Suramin, which was originally used to combat African sleeping sickness. Like HPA-23, the drug appears to stop the proliferation of the AIDS virus, but it does not necessarily improve the patient's condition. Other antiviral substances, including Ribavirin and Foscarnet, now being studied in Sweden and Canada, are in even earlier stages of investigation...