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...life from behind the dead eyes of a killer child. And life is not good. How many people did he kill? "I really have no idea," Beah says during an interview in Paris, where he is taking some time off before his publicity tour. "I never thought to keep count. We attacked civilians, villagers--anyone the commander deemed was an enemy; we killed them. If you thought they maybe aided the rebels, you shot them. If they withheld food, you shot them. And if you came across a group of refugees who appeared too quickly, or gave you some reason...
...Vatican hierarchy, Bertone must have had to develop steel under his outward affability. Vatican insiders note that in the new job--for which part of his task is to fend off those who want to derail the Pope's agenda--that thick skin may count more than Bertone's good humor. A Vatican official who has worked with the Cardinal in the past says, "I've never seen him betray his principles--but he's had to do everything just short of it." Adds the official: "He knows how to operate within the structure of the Holy...
...would think Todd's was one vote she could count on in next year's Iowa caucuses. And you would be wrong. "I'm not there yet," Todd told me a few minutes later. "The war is a real concern. We're going to have to reach a point in time when she says the war is a real mistake...
That points to the larger dilemma for Rice. For all her ambition, she is caught in a second-term Administration whose political capital is dwindling. A rise in the body count in Iraq or more overt provocations toward Iran could bring the White House into open confrontation with a hostile Congress intent on restraining Bush's range of movement. And Rice's decision to redouble her efforts in the Middle East means she will be less able to attend to other issues on which U.S. leadership could produce success--such as stopping genocide in Africa or fighting poverty...
...Cornell rookies have what it takes to win on the road? Frankly, I have no idea, but Cornell is hot, having won seven of eight. Count on the Big Red to keep rolling, besting their color nemesis by three...