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...book. After nearly a year in captivity, Arar was released and flew home to his family in Canada. A 1,200-page Canadian government report last month absolved him of any suspicion. Arar sued the U.S. government, but a New York federal judge dismissed the lawsuit on the ground that the case could not be heard for security reasons; Arar is now appealing that ruling. Last month's report by a Canadian judge rebuked Canadian and U.S. officials for arresting Arar on faulty information. Jordan has not commented on Arar's rendition...
...guide their political masters so the orders make sense - and in the end, to object if they don't. So, in the face of mounting casualties and political chaos in Iraq and no clear strategy for victory, it was only a matter of time before military commanders on the ground would start publicly voicing their contrary opinions...
...radicals gained ground after a visit to the Middle East earlier this month by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who tried to rally "moderate" Arab regimes into a united front against Iran, Hamas and the Lebanese militia Hizballah. "The U.S. has become very hostile to the Palestinians," one Hamas field commander told TIME. "We shouldn't stand by idly while the Americans are plotting against...
...some of the ten to fifteen instances of vandalism to city-sponsored public art that occur each year.Another part of her job is simply examining the site before the artist begins, and trying to find signs of the area’s inhabitants, such as broken glass on the ground. Then, she tries to help the artist determine which materials will be best suited to the site.Hsu says that vandalism and prevention “is always part of the equation” from the beginning stages of planning.Yet Smith-McNally insists that the artist always has the final...
...Ironically, the plane's unique emergency equipment was useless in this case. Each Cirrus plane has a large parachute that can be deployed to allow a plane in trouble to float safely to the ground. Several Cirrus planes and their pilots have been saved by their parachutes, and the chute apparently gave Lidle an impressive amount of confidence in his $187,000 plane. "The whole plane has a parachute on it," Lidle told the New York Times last month. "Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land...