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...processing this directive] Despite an international manhunt, the thieves are still at large. George Gligoris, head of the national police unit that investigates antiquities smuggling, profiles the thieves and explains how he recovers stolen treasures. Why Byzantine icons? They're a hot commodity. Only a few are left, so demand is high. What's the profile of an antiquities thief? There are three types. The first is basically anyone - from a herdsman to a fisherman - who stumbles on something ancient and refuses to hand it over to the state. The second is more refined. He acts as a go-between...
...nothing changed: Western films were sold everywhere, women wore skimpy veils, and couples held hands in the street. But the long, libertine honeymoon is over. The hard line now seems to begin at home for the Ahmadinejad regime (which last week inaugurated a new reactor project, defying a U.N. demand to end its uranium-enrichment work by Aug. 31, and gave only a tepid response to the West's offer of incentives). Over the past few months, various branches of the government have stealthily rolled back freedoms with moves like the reinstatement of gender segregation in public institutions. Because...
...among the Democrats has succeeded in solidifying the party around a single position on the Iraq war, but Pelosi has managed to tame the several dozen House members who call themselves the Out of Iraq caucus. They have wanted the Democratic Party to demand the prompt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. But Pelosi has so far convinced them that Murtha, the ex-Marine and veteran lawmaker whose call for a troop withdrawal in November created real debate, should be the party's face for that cause while the others should stay in the background...
...However, Mark Fields, executive vice president and Ford's president of The Americas, insists the production cuts demonstrate the company's seriousness in its efforts turn around North America."We are basing our business plans on the customer, and we are determined to match production and inventories with consumer demand,"says Fields."In doing so, we'll reduce incentive spending and inventory carrying costs for our dealers - with the intent to improve residual values for our customers and stabilize operating patterns for our plants and our suppliers,"he says. Fields also says the new products such as the Ford Edge...
...citizens, I deeply resent such a demeaning picture of the current crop of young men. Surely there are also plenty of unfocused, lazy, binge-drinking young women on today's campuses. Christina M. Kapma Springfield, Ohio, U.S. Ehrenreich accurately observed that many American men shy away from careers that demand evidence of academic performance. Where she fell short, however, was in her failure to address why that is so. Doesn't she think male underachievement is a problem? She seemed to enjoy the fact that in our feminized culture, when it comes to higher education, the average guy is truly...