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...engaged in "semi-covert mobilization" and menacing exercises, he says, and by the summer the first batch of Georgian troops should have finished U.S. training. If there is an attack, Arshba adds, "I do not exclude the participation of U.S. advisers." Washington says its advisers will prepare Georgian counter-terrorist troops to root out a group of al-Qaeda operatives supposedly sheltering in the remote Pankisi valley, but many diplomats in Georgia wonder if the terrorists actually exist. The U.S. insists that its advisers will not be involved in any military actions. Arshba, a veteran of Afghanistan who trained...
...strapping on explosives with the intent of murdering innocent men, women and children? If the civilized world does not defeat the deadly scourge of suicide bombers, no city in the world will be safe from any group with a grievance. As a doctor, Sarraj should use his influence to counter such actions, not explain them. JUDY MORREL Buffalo Grove...
...terrorist attacks - took responsibility for the killing. While there have been few leads in the Biagi case, his image and ideas have been touted by the government and industry leaders - noting that the economist had written that Italy had "Europe's worst labor market." Union leaders counter that in the days before his death, Biagi had encouraged the government to avoid a fight over Article 18. Berlusconi, who is on the defensive domestically for the first time since last spring's election, has called for negotiations to resume after May 1. But union leaders say that Article 18 must...
...threatens to further dilute community power. Decisions by such companies must weigh community input against not only educational goals and budget constraints—as school boards, nonprofit firms and universities would—but also against the impact on its own bottom line. Sometimes that interest runs counter to the quality of education students receive. For example, more costly programs like performing arts do not produce the kind of higher test schools that help for-profit firms sell their product to other districts and to shareholders. Special educational programs in music do not yield the kind of quantitative results...
...Allen Counter, Jr., the director of the Harvard Foundation, could not be reached for comment yesterday...