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...bolster, surrounded by whispering attendants and discreetly armed bodyguards. For the past month, a steady stream of low-level tribal leaders from across the border in Afghanistan has appeared at his ornate doors in Quetta, Pakistan, seeking an audience with a man they expect will soon return from a five-year exile. His contacts and prominence--Shirzai heads an ancient and powerful clan--make him a strong contender to replace the local Taliban leaders if they fall in the southern region of Kandahar where he was once governor...
...bolster, surrounded by whispering attendants and discreetly armed bodyguards. For the past month, a steady stream of low-level tribal leaders from across the border in Afghanistan has appeared at his ornate doors in Quetta, Pakistan, seeking an audience with a man they expect will soon return from a five-year exile. His contacts and prominence?Shirzai heads an ancient and powerful clan?make him a strong contender to replace the local Taliban leaders if they fall in the southern region of Kandahar where he was once governor...
...That's how the Taliban got its name, though the term now has an endangered ring. If Osama bin Laden is America's Enemy No. 1, Omar isn't far down the list. America is hoping that Omar's harsh, highly centralized five-year rule has alienated enough Afghans that support will drain away. If the U.S. and its allies want to get Omar, it should be far easier than nabbing bin Laden. For the past six years, Omar has worked from his guarded, palatial Kandahar bungalow. Just a year before that, he was a mere village clergyman living...
...NEPAL Maoist Talks The government met for the first time with Maoist guerrillas who have waged a five-year antimonarchist insurgency. A joint statement released after the meeting near Katmandu described the talks as positive. Negotiators said they would meet again in a fortnight to discuss ways of ending the conflict, which claimed about 1,800 lives before a truce was called in July...
...takers are Ralph Fiennes and Kenneth Branagh, former RSC players who have pledged to return. The company is spending more than $140 million to redevelop its Stratford base, including a new academy for young classical actors. And the RSC will send more of its touring companies abroad; a five-year program with the University of Michigan is already underway...