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...Jawbone: Convene a meeting with the most senior members of the U.S. and Iraqi governments to explain that the U.S. is prepared to commit greater forces and resources for a period of one year, ONLY if Iraqis commit to decisive action to quell the insurgency and the civil war (which includes immediately starting to disarm the militias). It will be made crystal clear to Baghdad that without the Iraqi commitment - which will be measured monthly to ensure adherence - U.S. forces would immediately begin their withdrawal. Gen. John Abizaid started to do just that during his meetings in Baghdad this week...
...dinner parties at which it's played. But Egypt, winner in the Best Contemporary World Music category, is not the usual easy-listening exotica shrink-wrapped for the appetizer course. The melodies traipse from Cairo to Dakar; the lyrics are in Wolof; the liner notes offer translation and explain that the songs are about Sufi scholars, most of whom seem to practice a West African strain of Islamic Calvinism. Lest you fear learning something, N'Dour's voice sweeps and swells with a passion that makes listening to him even in complete ignorance a form of enlightenment...
...Jazeera English will explain the region. We will be much more qualified to speak about the Middle East because of our presence in the region. The role of the media is to give an honest understanding of reality. Had we been able to deal with the issue of the Middle East a long time before September 11, the roots of anger and frustration, maybe the decision makers would have taken steps to stop it before it becomes al-Qaeda...
...make the save. “They caused us a lot of trouble, they got in our way, they set picks, and are pretty big kids,” Stone said. “We fought through it and finally got to the goalkeeper. I can’t explain how things snapped, but they did.” The Big Red fought back, notching a goal of its own with three minutes remaining. Cornell defenseman Steph Ulrich scored on a slow floating shot to the upper right corner—one Crimson sophomore goalie Christina Martin probably should have...
Heady projections about the future of China's travel industry help explain this building frenzy. Already the world's fourth most popular tourist destination, the country is expected to move into second position within a decade, according to the World Tourism Association. By 2020, China is forecast to overtake the U.S. as the world's most visited country, pulling in some 130 million travelers a year. China's burgeoning domestic tourism market is also critical in the calculations of hotel companies. By 2010, it's anticipated that the number of homegrown tourists will soar from 1.2 billion to about...