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...over the borderlands, where many tribes see President Pervez Musharraf as a traitor for cooperating with the U.S. Musharraf is especially sensitive to claims that he allows the U.S. to conduct military operations in Pakistan. U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker was summoned to the foreign ministry to receive a formal protest. Information Minister Sheik Rashid Ahmed announced, "We will not allow such incidents to reoccur." But U.S. officials insist that some of the intelligence for the strike was provided by Pakistan's intelligence service...
...CITY GARDENER HGTV, SATURDAYS, 11 P.M. E.T. Britain is known for its grand formal gardens--but also the dank town-house backyards that Matt James renovates: drab, walled pits that are, as he says, "more prison yard than courtyard." His budget-conscious solutions treat each garden like an extension of the house, making up for limited space with careful design. You may not appreciate all his choices--say, the herd of statuary cows traipsing through a patio--but even suburbanites can learn from him about handling common problems, especially lack of sunlight. (This is a British show, after...
Tribe began his remarks by stating that while he would not offer a formal recommendation to the committee on Alito’s confirmation, he sought to prevent senators from voting with “their eyes wide shut...
...permitting spying on American citizens. Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62 and Ames Professor of Law Phillip B. Heymann, a former deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, were among the 14 signers. The letter was largely a point-by-point response to a formal defense of the domestic spying program issued by the Department of Justice and sent to Congressional leaders in late December. The Justice letter followed a series of articles in The New York Times that first reported the administration’s spying program, run by the National Security Agency. In particular...
...promise of a lucrative partnership, however, helped to ease the reluctancy. Tourism Minister Abraham Hirchson reportedly predicted it would draw as many as 1 million visitors and generate $1.5 billion annually. Robertson and Hirchson were supposed to attend the signing of a formal agreement within the next few weeks. That prospect evaporated after Robertson's remarks. Hirchson is a close friend of Sharon's and one of the founding members of his new Kadima party. The idea of sitting across from the man who had claimed God struck down is friend, says one party briefed on the issue, may have...