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...more than 150,000 fled their homes as tensions between the local police and military erupted. But last week it appeared some Timorese were still willing to make mischief to further their political ambitions. On Monday, President Jose Ramos-Horta announced the appointment as Prime Minister of former resistance fighter Xanana Gusmão, who leads a coalition made up of his own party, the National Congress for the Reconstruction of East Timor, the Timorese Social Democratic Association, the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Party. The coalition holds 37 of the Parliament's 65 seats, giving it a substantial...
...should model our troop withdrawal on the British pullout from Dunkirk in 1940. Commandeer everything that flies and floats. Do it under cover of smoke and tear gas or fighter escort if necessary. Burn the equipment, but get the soldiers out now. Dunkirk was a defeat for the Brits, but the spirit that emerged from the rescue operation galvanized them for ultimate victory. We might claim some of that spirit by rescuing our soldiers right away. Doug Dix, Bloomfield, Conn...
...seems that peace in this mountainous region is at risk. At midnight one day in late July, more than 200 heavily armed young men identifying themselves as Taliban stormed the shrine of a famous freedom fighter in the tranquil village of Ghaziabad and took over the adjacent mosque. The heavily armed militants, their faces covered with camouflaged balaclavas, kicked out the shrine and mosque caretakers and put up sandbag bunkers atop the mosque roof and nearby vantage points...
...billion. So although the sight of two women pummeling each other in a 24-ft.-wide (7.3 m) cage makes some people queasy, the girls are now trying to cash in on the MMA wave. "We're not hitting tennis balls. We're hitting people," says Gina Carano, a fighter in the upstart, male-dominated EliteXC circuit who draws more traffic to the tour's website than any male fighter does. "Isn't that more exciting...
White admits he sounds like a chauvinist, which fires up the women's fighters even more. "That is so ridiculous, especially in this day and age," says fighter Lisa King. "I'm not a women's lib person or anything, but we're doing everything else, so why not this...