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...separate attempts to assassinate the Prime Minister and a former Interior Minister, ended in failure. The successful bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Pakistan was the demented high point of the campaign. Mubarak's security forces responded with a ferocious crackdown in which hundreds of militants were arrested or driven into hiding or exile...
...leads on chemical or biological agents that bin Laden has been trying to buy from it. Agents have also been trying to entice Pashtun warlords to turn against the Taliban with offers of cash. But they have had limited success. One reason: drug trafficking in the region has driven up bribe prices, and many are not impressed by agency offers...
...apologize three times in public for remarks he made about Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He had agreed to pay as yet unspecified damages. Given the large awards handed out by the courts in similar cases over the past two decades that had driven other opposition leaders into bankruptcy, Chee had good reason to be apprehensive. He had been at the receiving end of defamation suits himself. The 39-year-old neuropsychologist lost his teaching job at the National University of Singapore in 1993 after joining the opposition; he was sued in relation...
...Under [Rodin], we’ve witnessed significant improvements in funding, the school’s reputation, and the quality of faculty,” she said. “The compensation is market-driven. To grab talented administrators like [Rodin], the compensation must be competitive...
...overseas are innocents swept up in dragnets. CIA agents have been roaming southern and eastern Afghanistan with bags full cash, trying to entice Pashtun warlords to turn against the Taliban. But the agents have had limited success, according to intelligence sources. One reason: drug trafficking in the region has driven up bribe prices and many provincial chiefs who?ve grown rich on it aren?t impressed by agency offers...