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...notable element of Karzai's Cabinet is that it will include two women. Suhaila Seddiqi, a doctor in Kabul, will be the Minister of Public Health. Sima Samar, who works with a nongovernmental organization in Quetta, will be Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as one of Karzai's five deputies...
...Israeli casualties for limited tactical benefits. After all, the difference between the first intifada and the current one is that there are now tens of thousands of assault rifles, grenades and makeshift mortars in Palestinian hands - which is precisely why disarming the unofficial militias had been a critical element of the Mitchell cease-fire plan...
...oppose the party's current stance on cross-strait relations. KMT candidate Chen Hsueh-fen, for example, spent much of the campaign arguing that her party should cooperate more closely with the DPP, a move she said would involve adopting a Lee-esque position on China. If the mainlander element of the KMT proves stubborn, Chen hinted that between 20 and 30 members of the party are ready to act unilaterally, perhaps even defecting to the DPP. While that might be an exaggeration, many analysts believe that a significant chunk of the KMT harbors similar sentiments and that this could...
Germany is strengthening its security laws, a critical element being reversal of a policy that bans only terrorist groups based on German soil. This loophole enabled representatives of the foreign-based al-Qaeda network, including several of the hijacking suspects, to study in Germany. For historical reasons Germans are sensitive to laws aimed at foreigners, so a move to tighten the country?s liberal immigration policies was abandoned owing to objections from parties that view the country?s openness as inviolable...
...Second, there?s not really a time element here. What does it matter if Kandahar falls next week or next month? Why change the formula, when there?s nothing to be gained? The Northern Alliance fighters know the terrain and the language, and U.S. forces haven?t trained with them, aren?t used to communicating with them on the battlefield. The Marines will probably end up doing what it makes sense for them to do - provide technical support, protect the airfield, maybe cut off an escape route if it?s needed. But going door-to-door in Kandahar when...