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...outside the insurgency, reveals that Iraqis are reclaiming the upper hand, forcing al-Zarqawi to adjust. Differences between Baathist insurgent groups and al-Qaeda are driven by discomfort with al-Zarqawi's extreme tactics and willingness among some Iraqi commanders to join the political process. U.S. officials in Baghdad confirm to TIME that they have stepped up their efforts to negotiate with nationalist insurgents and the Sunnis they represent. "We want to deal with their legitimate concerns," U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad tells TIME. "We will intensify the engagement, interaction and discussion with them...
...Officials in Heilongjiang declined to confirm Zhang's comments. "It was an internal meeting," said an official from the Heilongjiang Information Department who identified himself only by his surname, Yue, "which means it was not the kind of news that should be reported. It was confidential information." The party's flagship newspaper, People's Daily, reported on the meeting but never mentioned Zhang's explanation of the cover-up. It reported only that Zhang announced the formation of an emergency leadership group to manage the crisis, with himself as its head...
...results support and confirm our contention that a comprehensive environmental program is really what will benefit colleges, the communities around them, and the young people within them,” said Elissa R. Weitzman, the co-principal investigator and director of the AMOD evaluation...
...soldier sat at the table with the lawyers during the duration of their visit. The two men had just two hours to prepare their client to answer questions he might be asked by the judge. "For reasons of security," TIME's request to visit the facility to confirm the account of the lawyers was refused by Task Force 134, which runs the prison, and by the U.S.-led Regime Crimes Liaison Office, which coordinates visits by defense lawyers...
...About a month ago, Liu, in the words of one London trader, "simply vanished." The Financial Times quoted a source saying that last week Liu was at home in Shanghai with his cell phone turned off, but TIME was unable to confirm this. Meanwhile, the SRB has appeared to disavow his deals; the state-owned China Daily newspaper quoted an SRB official saying that any losses were the result "of personal actions" by Liu "instead of the government...