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...They flew into a cloud of rain and dust in Kuwait City, transferred to a U.S. Air Force C-17, landed in a pounding thunderstorm at Baghdad International and, because the weather had grounded the US military Blackhawk fleet, boarded an armored SUV and drove into city along the notoriously perilous airport road. At one point they were slowed by a traffic blockage. They went straight to meetings that continued into dinner with Iraqi leaders at U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad?s residence. The sound of an exploding mortar round that had been lobbed over the green zone?s walls disrupted...
...victory despite the mounting pile of spoiled and ?No Vote? ballots. But his bravado didn?t last long, particularly since he also faces a constitutional logjam over invalid races for 39 parliamentary seats that must be run again on April 23. As rumors swirled of his likely successors, Thaksin flew Tuesday afternoon to meet revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej at his seaside palace before making his brief farewell address. In it, he referred to the auspicious 60th anniversary of the king?s coronation, an event that will dominate Thailand?s official calendar in June. Amid all the political jockeying, this deadline...
...believe early man in America came from Asia, as one theory posits in your story "Who Were the First Americans?" [March 13]. As a youngster I saw a picture of an Eskimo girl in a book, and my younger sister looked like her twin. When I flew into Buffalo, New York, on business, the cabdriver who picked me up thought I was from the Indian reservation up the river. When I was relocating my family from one Chicago suburb to another, a moving-company worker looked Japanese American, so I asked him if his father might be someone I knew...
...Spring break brought a dramatic increase in undergraduate relief efforts. Last week more than 60 Harvard undergraduate volunteers flew into New Orleans, and other students worked in Mississippi...
...believe early man in America came from Asia, as one theory posits in your story "Who Were the First Americans?" [March 13]. As a youngster I saw a picture of an Eskimo girl in a book, and my younger sister looked like her twin. When I flew into Buffalo, N.Y., on business, the cabdriver who picked me up thought I was from the Indian reservation up the river. When I was relocating my family from one Chicago suburb to another, a moving-company worker appeared to be Japanese American, so I asked him if his father might be someone...