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...does, actually; it's just that most of Pakistan's army is still based far from its western border with Afghanistan, along its eastern frontier with India. The military establishment has belatedly recognized the threat posed by internal militants, but it is difficult to overestimate Pakistan's continuing paranoia about India. Many commanders serving today cut their teeth during wars with India and remain convinced that the country is bent on destabilizing Pakistan and taking back all the disputed territory of Kashmir. That is why analysts like Nawaz say the only real solution to Pakistan's militancy is a regional...
...It’s always difficult to play after a loss, especially a season-ending loss, but these guys have a lot of pride,” Crimson coach Erik Farrar said. “It was our home pool, and we’re Harvard water polo...
...this difficult economic time, we want to support students in every way that we can and we also want to offer legal assistance to those who are most vulnerable,” Law School Dean Martha Minow said in a statement...
...realignment by the year's end, coupled with Hatoyama's desire to wait until next year, discussions later this week could cast a shadow over the alliance. "Hatoyama is reluctant to decide by the end of the year, and [if he doesn't] that will cause a sensitive and difficult situation for the two countries," says Takao Toshikawa, editor of political newsletter Insideline. (See pictures of Japan in the 1980s and today...
...Insideline's Toshikawa says that by waiting on the mayoral election in Nago and then the Okinawa prefectural election next November, Hatoyama - by upholding his campaign promise to respect Okinawa's say in the matter - would make it difficult to stay on point with the 2006 agreement. "On major issues of diplomacy and defense, the government should consider local elections - but it can become an obstacle." Toshikawa also says that Hatoyama's handling of this issue, by fielding the different plans of his ministers, is characteristic of his desire to "unify his Cabinet." The problem, says Toshikawa, is that Hatoyama...