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...militant leader had been preparing for battle. Zainuddin was poised to join the Pakistan army's fight against the Taliban by leading his own militia to take down Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan's most feared and murderous Taliban commander. Zainuddin had denounced Mehsud's brutality but he also had deep personal motives for joining the fight - Mehsud had killed his father and other relatives, Zainuddin said, obliging him to take revenge...
...Kashmir RIOTS OVER RAPE VICTIMS Deep-seated anger at the Indian government erupted into massive protests on June 8, when 15,000 Kashmir residents took to the streets over a forensics report confirming that two young women--who authorities say drowned but family members claim had been abducted and raped by Indian troops--had indeed been sexually assaulted. Police used tear gas and warning shots to quell the riots, injuring hundreds. Unrest has plagued strife-torn Kashmir, the subject of a long-term boundary dispute between India and Pakistan, since the women's bodies were found...
...cockpit; just 24 automatic satellite messages--some indicating major system failures - relayed from the stricken plane to Air France maintenance headquarters. Even now, as recovery teams retrieve flotsam and victims' bodies, the black boxes that recorded the flight's final moments remain as much as 2 miles (3.2 km) deep. (See pictures of the search for Flight...
...selling books online - last year, it owned 43% of that market, according to the bibliographic-information company R.R. Bowker - it has a lot of power at the negotiating table. All retailers get discounts from their wholesalers, but some publishers think the discounts Amazon asks for are getting too deep. "They're fast approaching the point where we just can't afford to do business with them," says a well-known New York book editor, who asked not to be identified. "It'll be interesting to see what happens then...
...fact, while there have been real splits between the U.S. and Europe in other international crises - most divisive, Europe's reluctance to send combat troops to Afghanistan - the allies are hardly at odds in their basic response to the Iranian election. "There isn't a deep underlying difference - both sides would like to see free and fair elections in Iran," says Niblett. "But there are various factors that have prevented a unified response. And that's O.K. In this regard, Obama should play it differently...