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...guest list did not extend, however, to Majeed Khan, a tribal leader in the rugged Uruzgan region of southern Afghanistan. That's a shame. Khan would have told his hosts some home truths. He would prefer to see more of NATO, if he could, because in recent months his region has been invaded by Taliban insurgents. "We cannot stop them from coming into our areas [because] there are no soldiers to stop them," said Khan earlier this month. "The soldiers [from NATO] come into the area, but then they leave and the Taliban come back. We don't encourage...
...being forced to dispatch another 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan. The Canadian government of Stephen Harper took the unusual step of threatening to pull out of Afghanistan if NATO did not produce additional reinforcements for operations in the south of the country, though it has since agreed to extend beyond 2009. To keep pace with increasing demand, Britain is being forced to keep its troops in place for longer and redeploy them sooner. Says Bastian Giegerich, an analyst at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, "There's thinking about how training might have to happen on a faster schedule...
...grim-faced Musharraf administered Gilani's oath of office at the presidential palace. For Gilani it was a moment of triumph - in 2001 Musharraf imprisoned the longtime Bhutto supporter for nearly five years on corruption charges. After the ceremony Musharraf told state-owned television that he would "always extend my fullest cooperation" to Gilani and the new government. But he may find that the new government has other plans...
...thought he was exceptional on Sunday. It really points pretty obviously to me that the teams that survived have the best goaltenders.”But Harvard’s not-so-secret weapon might be Taylor’s explosive scoring streak that he has managed to extend into the playoffs. He has notched at least one point in the last 12 games to go along with a total of eight goals and six assists. Taylor’s knack for timing has given the forward a reputation as the team’s clutch player, one whom...
...First we had Krisztina swim in a very narrow lane along the edge of the pool," Kiss says. "Since she had beautiful nails that she didn't want to scrape on the side, she learned to extend her arms as straight as possible in front of her head...