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...edges of crowded refugee camps and neighborhoods where Hamas might be lurking. Each battalion commander, using a vision provided by a pilotless drone overhead, advanced his men slowly, working out what one officer described as "micro-tactical solutions" as they moved along. In house-to-house searches, soldiers avoided entering through doorways, which might have been booby-trapped. Some Israeli human rights organizations claim that soldiers used Palestinian detainees to clear houses. But typically the soldiers crashed through walls. Troops were ordered not to enter Hamas' tunnels; dogs and little robots were sent down instead. And, as one officer explains...
...increased funding for scientific research will not only help stimulate the economy but will also create long-term benefits for the country. More widespread availability of grants will encourage students to enter scientific research and help postdocs who need grants to do research and advance in their fields...
While many Senators greeted Daschle's withdrawal as a sad but necessary move in order for the Obama Administration to move forward, some said the controversy didn't warrant the move and that such levels of scrutiny could make it increasingly hard to find qualified individuals to enter public service. "Tom made it very clear he'd made a mistake, and he took responsibility for it," Senator John Kerry said in a prepared statement. "I believe that when the smoke clears and the frenzy has ended, no one will believe that this unwitting mistake should have erased 30 years...
...ready to commit suicide yet.' NELSON CHAMISA, a spokesman for Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party, on its refusal to enter into a power-sharing agreement with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe...
...least part of that money back. Oh, yes, designing a system to achieve this would be a nightmare--maybe impossible. The incentive for old folks to squander their savings would be enormous. Maybe it can't work. But the point is worth keeping in mind as we enter President Obama's "new age" of "hard choices...