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...incorrectly, it turned out--about Iraq's purported weapons of mass destruction. That makes the Feb. 11 briefing by U.S. military officials in Baghdad--detailing Iran's alleged link to the carnage shredding U.S. troops in Iraq--all the odder. Cameras, recorders and cell phones were barred from the Green Zone session. Three U.S. officials anonymously made the case that the "highest levels" of the Iranian government have been directing the deployment of explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) and other weapons in Iraq. The EFPs, they said, have killed 170 U.S. troops since...
...signers, which should force Pyongyang to keep its promises and continue to bargain in good faith. The Chinese were infuriated by Kim's October nuclear blast--President Hu Jintao had publicly warned against such a test--and have ratcheted up the pressure accordingly. This "deal has muscle," argues Michael Green, a former Bush adviser on East Asian affairs, "because the Chinese have been very unhappy with the North's provocations...
...Samoan Hawaiian used football to escape the "banana ghetto." Singing the national anthem before a Green Bay Packers game inspired the music career he has pursued since he left the NFL in '99. Although he officially came out in 2002, he has been with his partner for a decade, and they have adopted twins...
...Justin Burnes works for Easy Being Green in Sydney and goes door to door offering a simple deal. He will replace the light bulbs in your home with high-efficiency globes that will cut your power bill; you assign your carbon rights to Easy Being Green, which gets abatement certificates and sells them to polluters. Last year, the company distributed 3 million bulbs to 500,000 homes. Even with public opinion turning green, Burnes says it can be a tough sell. "Offering people something for free is the major attraction," he says. "But it's still hard convincing older people...
...apartment. Buzz built and in 1992 Bartlett showed his first collection. Over the next decade, his fashion shows would become famed as much for their spectacular aspect as for Bartlett’s high-concept clothing. For example, his Fall 1998 show featured a blonde man wearing a green cape, sitting atop a horse. At one fashion show, Bartlett used all black models. Another runway show featured an (impeccably-suited) voodoo priest fondling a live chicken. In 2002, however, Bartlett says he had a fashion crisis. “When I first began, I was very experimental...