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...certainly true that hard-liners in the government are opposed to negotiations with Islamic groups ? and as MacLeod says, they "might be turning a blind eye to the attacks with a view toward making it politically impossible to reach out to the militants." Tuesday's atrocity may disrupt secret talks between the militants and the government that are apparently underway ? keeping hardliners happy...
...make it happen in a way that won't disrupt people too much," Osterberg said. "We just want to make sure it becomes standard procedure...
...After combing over a year's worth of data from the Solar Heliospheric Observatory satellite, NASA today unveils startling photos that may help scientists unravel some of the sun's most perplexing mysteries. Among the satellite's more intriguing revelations: pictures that may help astronomers predict solar storms, which disrupt satellite communications and blow out power grids on earth...
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE Boys born to moms who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to exhibit aggressive, destructive or other problem behaviors. Nicotine may disrupt fetal brain development...
...fired up. The agency concluded that not only was China selling missiles, but it was also helping Pakistan build a factory to manufacture them. For the CIA, uncovering the plant represented "a first-class piece of spying," says a senior agency official. But because it doesn't want to disrupt the improving relationship, the Clinton Administration doesn't want to deal with this secret...