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Sorensen’s agreement to reassume the post comes as a surprise, given that she had announced earlier this year that she would return only to her teaching duties after her sabbatical...
Chomsky advocated for reparations to be paid to Haiti from the US for what he called its prolonged exploitation of the nation. He added that the aid given to Haiti should not go to wealthy and powerful citizens or to NGOs, but rather to “state and popular organizations” that can provide infrastructure...
...Given that this has been such an incredibly close election, we are not sure of our strategy going forward,” Clark said. “However, right now, it certainly looks like he will be running again...
...area for most Taliban activity in the region. It is a largely rural district straddling the Afghan Ring Road and the Arghandab River. It includes the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar's hometown of Sangsar. The Taliban aren't outside agitators here; they are neighbors - not exactly beloved neighbors, given their propensity for violence and peremptory taxation, but more trustworthy than a deeply corrupt Afghan government and much more familiar than the foreign troops. Senjaray is the largest population center, a town of somewhere from 8,000 to 12,000 (there hasn't been a census), at the eastern...
...went off. Sometimes the Taliban blew themselves up, attempting to set the bombs; occasionally, Americans were the victims. On Feb. 21, one American was killed and another severely wounded in an IED explosion just south of town. "I decided to stop the patrols down there after that," Ellis says. "Given the rules of engagement, it was just too dangerous to keep going there and getting blown...