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...games" will not work for the same reason that they do not work well for the military. The officers who set up the games do not have any imagination. They use past experience to determine what it likely to happen in the future. The next time a real conflict comes along, all that soldiers have learned from their training is how to keep their weapons clean and give out their name, rank and serial number...
...subsequent power vacuum, that unleashed the most devastating rape of Afghanistan's heritage to date. "Ironically, poverty and war are what kept these sites safe," says Jolyon Leslie, head of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which promotes the rehabilitation of Afghanistan's cultural heritage. In times of conflict, civilians were afraid to leave home, he says, and the fear of land mines kept many from digging. Now that a nationwide campaign to clear the mines is bearing fruit, looters are returning to sites that have been untouched for years, and are even discovering new ones. "Given the price land...
...Women are more likely than men to use a 'tend-and-befriend' strategy in conflict situations," says Chandler. "They may therefore be more sensitive to positive body language...
...Given Berlin's track record of leftist violence, which still erupts each year during the traditional May Day demonstrations by left-wing groups, it is unlikely that the conflict over the remaining affordable living space in Eastern Berlin will be settled anytime soon. Stefanel-Stoffel, for her part, is not planning to give up. "I'll also recommend to my friends to invest in Berlin," she says. "The prices you get here won't stay for long." And Technau and his friends aren't going to back down either: "We'll continue to speak up, until something will change." Seems...
...also fought alongside the Taliban when U.S. forces invaded in 2001. Even though he has renounced violence, Mohammed still denounces democracy as a "heresy." Now he must convince the man who has stolen his thunder - Maulana Fazlullah, whose forces control 80% of the area after a fierce two-year conflict with the Pakistani army that cost more than 1,500 lives - to lay down arms. Fazlullah is an erstwhile disciple of Mohammed as well as his estranged...