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...unclear how much fighting the three Afghanistan vets actually saw. One, Sergeant First Class Brandon Floyd, 30, who police say shot his wife to death and then killed himself on July 19, served with the elite and secretive Delta Force from November to January, the most intense months of fighting. Another sergeant first class, Rigoberto Nieves, who allegedly started the spate of killings in early June, was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group. He was deployed to Afghanistan from mid-March until just two days before he also shot his wife and himself, according to authorities...
...Jewish community and top Italian officials condemned the attack. Police said that several people apparently used iron bars and clubs to damage the graves and pry open one coffin. NIGERIA Oil Women Between 200 and 300 ethnic Ijaw women occupied four oil pumping stations in Nigeria's coastal Delta State. Run by ChevronTexaco, the stations are in the same area as the Escravos oil terminal that was occupied by unarmed women between July 8 and 18. That protest ended after the oil giant agreed to build schools and clinics, provide water and electricity service, set up farms and create jobs...
...grew up in the small town of Rincon, Ga., and retains an easygoing Southern accent. But make no mistake--Burns moves fast. Within four hours after two competitors' aircraft hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, Burns realized the likely effect on Delta Airlines' revenue and shifted $450 million, borrowed on lines of credit, into Delta's checking account. Just days later, Burns persuaded banks to follow through with an additional $1.2 billion in cash from a financing deal initiated on Sept...
...North Carolina cabin, she became the first female CFO of a major airline two years ago, after becoming the first woman partner in the Atlanta office of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. "Most airlines echo the military structure, where many of the executives used to come from," she says, "but Delta has evolved into an organization that you might say is more welcoming to a female style. We reach across the company and use a team approach. And we don't follow the chain of command to the nth degree...
That's not to say Burns is touchy-feely. Like other airline CFOs, she is grappling with a slow return to pre-recession, pre-9/11 passenger traffic. Although Delta lost $1.27 billion in 2001, a top government official says Burns' financing savvy had a calming effect on Wall Street last fall. "Male or female, if an executive can help an airline grow in the toughest economic environment in years," observes consultant Hamlin, "then he or she will be rewarded regardless of gender." That's what women have wanted for years...