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...avoid open confrontations with U.S. forces. The Americans must eventually leave and the Mahdi Army will remain in some form. Still, says Sauer, "Every day that goes by without violence is a win" - a window of opportunity for American troops and their Iraqi allies to weaken the militia's grip on Baghdad's neighborhoods...
...Burma watchers say the country's future ultimately rests with Than Shwe, and all indications are that the reclusive 74-year-old general won't loosen his grip on power. "I haven't seen anything that shows he is willing to make any concessions on anything substantial,'' said Win Min, a Thailand-based author and Burma expert. The democracy protests, Burma's biggest political uprising in years, have done little to change the status...
...have good reason for optimism. While in the past three years, Penn clearly was the best team in the league, the Quakers lose the two best players in the league over that time, guard Ibrahim Jaaber and forward Mark Zoller. With those two stars gone, Penn’s grip on the league title looks tenuous at best.With Jaaber and Zoller moving on to pro ball around the world, no one on their talent level remains in the league, much less two players on the same team. The lack of a dominant set of teammates leaves the league without...
...black comedy of sorts? I suppose it does. But that's not a thought that occurs to you until the movie is over and you find yourself shaking your head and chuckling over the curiously exaggerated behavior you've just witnessed. Caught in the movie's grip, you are simply hypnotized by the damned thing...
...higher degree of national control over [oil and gas] developments and leaving less room for non-national companies to participate," says Peter Mellbye, StatoilHydro's head of international exploration and production. While key Middle Eastern nations have long held their domestic oil companies and development projects in a tight grip, a more protectionist stance among energy powers elsewhere has, Mellbye says, "fundamentally changed the picture...