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...without effective central government for nearly 30 years, take time, and Afghans first need to see tangible results-like garbage off the streets-before they can have faith in higher-minded, longer-term pledges and objectives. Stewart's cleanup of Murad Khane has thus given him the license to embark on the cultural projects that are his real passion. He is directing the area's architectural restorations, and he has set up the Centre for Traditional Afghan Arts and Architecture to teach craftsmen the skills they will need to restore old buildings...
...What projects did you embark on in prison...
...come around to the fact that they don't have a lot they can do to better the population, but they have huge natural-gas reserves. Iran has large reserves, but we're prohibited from doing business there. There's also instability in Africa that makes it difficult to embark on projects...
...famous freckly face may soon head to Iraq. Just as Prime Minister Tony Blair announces plans to gradually withdraw British troops, PRINCE HARRY, 22, is set to embark on a tour of duty in Basra, according to sources in Whitehall. Britain's Ministry of Defence dismisses the reports, but Harry's past comments suggest that he'll report with his regiment. "There's no way I'm going to put myself through [Britain's military academy] Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting," Harry said in a 2005 interview. Should he serve...
...that deserves to be on everyone's travel wish list. But did you know that there's more than one way to arrive at this World Heritage Site? How you approach Machu Picchu is going to affect your experience of it, so consider the options carefully before you embark on this once-in-a-lifetime experience. We've found an easy way, a hard way and something in between that combines adventure and comfort in sublime proportions...