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...chemistry between Bush and Putin was warm and sentimental - clearly, the continuing coolness in the relationship between Washington and Moscow is nothing personal. "I want to repeat and confirm that working with the U.S. President has always been pleasant and interesting for me," said Putin, praising his American counterpart?s integrity and reliability. For his part, Bush did not spare words to heap up praise on the man whose soul he claimed to have glimpsed back in 2001, when they first met in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, and decided he could trust...
...Schwartz declined to confirm the identities of the visiting artists, but DeGraw’s record company has the singer scheduled to be at Harvard on the 18th and The Crimson spoke with Raekwon about his upcoming visit last week...
Sources in Basra tell TIME that there has been a large-scale retreat of the Mahdi Army in the oil-rich Iraqi port city because of low morale and because ammunition is low due to the closure of the Iranian border. TIME has not yet been able to confirm those reports with U.S., Mahdi Army or Iraqi government authorities...
...will data-sharing lead to data-snooping? DHS found that employers were improperly using the tool to screen employees before they were hired, which could lead to discrimination. And identity thieves could pose as an employer to confirm that stolen Social Security numbers will pass the system. At the moment, says a DHS-commissioned study, the safeguards in place do not prevent these misuses. "It's another stitching together of the national identity infrastructure," says Jim Harper of the libertarian Cato Institute. "We have to worry about the privacy consequences for average Americans." Not just presidential candidates...
...international peacekeeping and combat missions, McCain stressed the importance of "France's military participation in Afghanistan ... and of the brave forces of this country in fighting the Taliban." As part of that, McCain also thanked Sarkozy for "agreeing to send additional" troops to Afghanistan. That comment appeared to confirm unofficial reports that French president is planning announce his decision to increase France's Afghanistan contingent of 1,600 soldiers. The move - if it is indeed made at next month's NATO conference - would come in the wake of vigorous U.S. demands that its allies make a greater contribution...