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...oblivion. Nuremberg marked the closing of a bankrupt account. It was less a trial than a form of documentation of crimes the world had known little about. The crimes of Sept. 11 hardly need publicizing. Moreover, radical Islamic terrorism is by no means dead, even after a major defeat in Afghanistan and even if Osama is captured. What sane nation gives the enemy a megaphone in mid-battle...
Harvest season is over for most crops, but there's still one more to gather: your stock-market losses. Though the market has rallied in recent weeks, over the course of the calendar year most of your stocks have probably wilted. Selling now may seem like admitting defeat just when some of your old favorite shares are starting to show signs of new life. The end of the year, however, is the time when investors traditionally separate the wheat from the chaff with an eye toward both portfolio cleanup and tax savings...
...What Next? Even with the final defeat of the Taliban, when and if that occurs, Afghan women will remain in a vexed position. The forces vying to take the Taliban's place are not always friendly to women. Within the Northern Alliance, there is a fundamental split between Western-minded technocrats and conservative religious figures. Abdullah Abdullah, the Alliance's media-savvy Foreign Minister, is a technocrat. In his speeches he makes sure to point out that in Alliance-held areas women go to school. He goes so far as to support women's joining the government...
...live in a world without walls,” Clinton said. “We will have to defeat those who want to tear it down...
STORRS, Conn.—The Harvard women’s soccer team’s season came to an end Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 defeat at No. 13 Connecticut...