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...seized power in that 1999 coup, Pakistan has become increasingly polarized: the civilian population wants democracy back, a fundamentalist religious fringe seeks the establishment of an Islamic state and the military is bent on holding on to power. How Bhutto, 54, negotiates this minefield will largely determine the fate of this nuclear-armed nation of 165 million...
...landscape that was made to burn. It’s got vegetation that dries out and has conditions that are perfectly conditioned to carry immense fires.” For her part, Holmes—secure in her brother’s home, though still unsure of the fate of her own house—seemed ready to resign herself to nature. In the meantime, she’s heading out on a little vacation. “My life’s on fire,” she said. “Might as well go to Vegas...
...Qaeda never wanted to see the sons of Anbar to unite and form security forces. Now I think we have broken their back by building the police and security force," he said, adding that he was not afraid of meeting the same fate as his younger brother Sattar. "Let them come forward and show their faces.... Let them come out, we will fight them," he said with a certain swagger before leaving. His younger brother had said something similar several days before he was killed in September. But al-Qaeda's presence has dwindled dramatically since then, officials say. "Insha...
...critics, baseball is getting exactly what it deserves. The addition of the division series in 1995 already pushed the World Series even deeper into October, but now MLB is really tempting fate. And it's not as if there aren't alternatives; the regular season could start earlier, or be cut back to the old 154-game schedule, to allow the playoffs to unfold in the relative warmth of early-to-mid October. "It's a foolish thing," says former umpire Dave Phillips, who worked four World Series during a 32-year major league career that ended after...
...move toward democracy after decades of dictatorship, the independence of its courts and the sentences those courts hand down must be upheld without the kind of interference they say is blocking Hashem's execution. With Iraq's high tribunal determined to carry out his sentence, Hashem's fate rests on the extent of U.S. determination to keep him from the noose. Ultimately, says one of Hashem's lawyers, "only the Americans can save...