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...thousands of troops from neighboring Ethiopia, several key warlords and, tacitly, the U.S. State Department, has taken most of the country in a lightning advance, cornering the Islamists in a small, deeply forested area in the southeast of the country, against the Kenyan border. The Islamists are said to contain scores of foreign jihadist fighters from across the Middle East and South Asia, including - Somali Prime Minister, Ali Mohammed Gedi, recently said - three men the U.S. suspects of being behind the bomb attacks on American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 that killed more than 250 people...
...front lines against global communism. In Vietnam, we would turn the fighting over to Saigon. In the Persian Gulf, we would build up Iran to check Soviet expansion. America would no longer be a global cop; it would be a global benefactor, quartermaster and coach--helping allies contain communism on their...
...mayor, or Christina Aguilera (who sang last night), to be in that spot. The crosstown streets are barricaded from late afternoon, and to get a good spot you need to arrive by about 3 p.m. and be prepared to stay in one of the block-long pens that contain the crowd. Hold your water, too: some of the local eateries charge between $5 and $20 for pee breaks...
...warlords and, tacitly, the U.S. State Department, has taken most of the country in a lightning advance, cornering what remains of the Islamists in a small, deeply forested area in the southeast of the country near the Kenyan border. U.S. intelligence is focused on this last group, said to contain scores of foreign jihadi fighters from across the Middle East and South Asia, including three men suspected of being behind the bomb attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 that killed more than...
...their doctors recommend they take, and how much additional acetaminophen they can safely take from other sources. "Whenever I prescribe any medication, I always tell my patients that if they are buying drugs over the counter, to check for the label, and make sure that the medication does not contain any acetaminophen," says Dr. Amit Sharma, an anesthesiologist at the hospital. "If it does, then I tell them to cut down on the pain medication given by their doctor...