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...drunk seriously with Japanese, Indian, South Korean or Taiwanese executives can aver, whisky doesn't merely enjoy a healthy market across large swathes of Asia - it boasts armies[an error occurred while processing this directive] of well-informed connoisseurs. Head south, however, and aficionados are thinner on the ground. The Islamic countries of Malaysia and Indonesia are hardly big-drinking nations (and when they do imbibe, the preferred drinks tend to be brandy and beer, respectively). Singapore, where average per capita alcohol consumption barely notches three liters a year, is not that much different - and yet it recently became home...
...ground, however, Ramjee noted that it's sometimes hard to keep patients enrolled. Not only do women often face opposition from their male partners to using the microbicide, there is the reality that many of the women enrolled end up getting pregnant, and as a result, have to drop out. (The trial sponsors, including USAID, NIIH and the Gates Foundation, do continue to provide family planning and other pre and post natal services to these women, if they choose to use them...
...Making the situation worse for Olmert is how he ended the war. Weary reservists coming back from the Lebanese front spoke angrily to the press about being under-equipped and poorly commanded from the top. Few could understand why Olmert finally decided to launch a massive ground campaign - just 48 hours before the cease-fire took effect - inwhich over a dozen soldiers were killed and scores more wounded. Israel said it will start withdrawing troops from hard-fought positions inside southern Lebanon within the next 10 days, once U.N. forces arrive. Meanwhile, Olmert has reportedly approved negotiations to exchange...
...sown. On July 12, a squad of Hizballah fighters slipped across the border under the cover of a rocket barrage to snatch two Israeli soldiers. For Israel, it was one provocation too many from their Shi'ite Lebanese foes, and the order was given for a massive air and ground offensive against Lebanon, the largest since Israel's 1982 invasion. Days after the war began, Israeli forces crossed the border south of Aitta Shaab, determined to capture and hold this normally scruffy village of tobacco farmers which is known for its strong support for Hizballah. But instead of encountering simple...
...Although the Israelis had departed Aitta Shaab, they are still present on Lebanese soil, mainly in apparently isolated patches of high ground no more than three or four miles from the border. The road leading from the north into Bint Jbeil, the largest Shi'ite town in the border district, passes through the Israeli army's area of operations. But there is no sense of cutting through Israel's front line. Indeed, there is no meaningful front line between Israeli forces and Hizballah fighters. A mile southeast of Beit Yahoun, a village straddling a ridge two miles north of Bint...