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...measure, then, of just how eager the Turkish military is to confront the PKK that it got a jump on the spring thaw by sending a reported 10,000 Turkish troops into northern Iraq Thursday, despite the weather. Turkey's goal appears to be to pre-empt the spring build-up of PKK fighters moving from Iraq into Turkey. The Turks have advanced some six miles into Iraq and blown up a few bridges, and say they will return home to their warm bases as soon as possible...
...form relationships with them. Reid says four of her seven voices calm her down during stressful situations, help her assess people she meets, and remind her what to buy at the grocery store. One - which she regards as that of herself as a child - even helped her successfully confront another, which she says mimics a man who molested her when she was 8 years old. "I'm not a confrontational person, so I needed her there," she says, noting that while the abuser's voice still occasionally criticizes her, for the most part "he's been put in his place...
...Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged world leaders to confront the looming water-shortage crisis [Feb. 11]. He should instead urge them to grapple with the underlying cause: overpopulation. While it is admittedly a very sensitive topic for social, religious and personal reasons, it is worth debating. Overpopulation is the root cause of poverty, war and almost every other problem. In a few short years, 9 billion people will inhabit this shrinking earth. If leaders continue to bury their heads in the sand at the mere mention of the subject, the resulting problems and suffering will affect many generations...
Despite the relative respite from violence, a host of problems confront aid agencies coming to Iraq. In addition to security concerns, they face the mounting problem of donor fatigue and resistance from countries that don't want to be affiliated with an American-led reconstruction effort...
...Indeed, both Harvard men and women must confront the same problem: a dating culture conspicuous by its absence. The concept of taking someone out to dinner and a movie has been replaced by the nebulous notion of the hook-up. Harvard students are getting more action on Friday nights with total strangers than many loving Victorian couples did in the course of 50-year marriages. This is not optimal. But what other options does our generation have...