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...places in the city where insurgents aren't shooting at American soldiers; the U.S. patrols in their humvees tend to roll right past. But the violence in this neighborhood is an extension of the war the U.S. is waging against Iraqi insurgents. If the direct attacks on American troops are aimed at driving the U.S. out, the killings in Washash are a grim portent of the kind of chaos that may lie in Iraq's future, whether or not U.S. soldiers stay on in force. "If the U.S. troops leave, we will have a civil war," says a Sunni...
...company Yahoo! is buying into, Alibaba, is already a profitable business-to-business e-commerce site. (The company is privately held - it plans to go public next year - and doesn't publicly disclose financial results.) The more direct competitor to eBay, called Taobao (?searching for treasure? in Mandarin) isn't yet profitable, but according to Yang is a ?great franchise in the making.? Both sites were started and are run by 40-year-old internet entrepreneur Jack Ma, who will remain in charge. ?This is definitely an arrangement where we think have great assets coming together, but this (deal) would...
...that the Marines are taking more casualties because their aggressive offensive is forcing the insurgents to fight back. "They're just attacking in response to what we're doing and getting lucky," says a Marine officer on the ground. The Pentagon still believes the insurgents' primary strategy is to direct more of their strikes against Iraqi security forces and civilians than against U.S. troops. But the insurgents, as they proved last week, have never given up their objective of killing Americans when and where they...
...high degree of safety is a direct result of the new ability to examine the shuttle in flight with remote cameras. And while the dislodged foam caused much consternation at the space agency, Discovery had the least loss of foam when compared to the other shuttle launches. Still, the first-ever space walk to the underside of the shuttle was deemed necessary to pull cloth from between tiles, again to err on the side of caution. And despite the smaller amount of foam debris hits, NASA admits that the largest chunk to fall could have been equally disastrous...
...Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder of cross-cultural exchange program with the nomadic Masai in East Africa whereby the Africans receive direct benefits from tourism and guests are exposed to the tribe's culture. Wilderness Travel This pioneering adventure-travel company is committed to low- impact tourism, support of conservation and cultural groups and fair working conditions. In Peru and Nepal, it provides guides with boots and health insurance. Lindblad Expeditions These...