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...just for the E.U., but other parts of the world." The lady is certainly living up to the disappointment felt in some quarters at her selection as Europe's top diplomat. Truly, Europe (and those who look to it as a counterweight to other superpowers) deserves better. Hayat Mehdi, VIENNA...
...with the Swat refugee crisis earlier this year, the demands of hospitality can be heavy. In a rural suburb of Dera Ismail Khan, Hayat Khan, 55, gives a tour of a cramped, mud-walled two-room home where he brought 10 members of his family to join the 12 who already live there. A deep hole in the ground serves as a makeshift toilet. Barefoot children run around, their hair streaked red and large brown spots on their faces - both signs of severe malnutrition...
...that many women don't want radical change. A government poll in 2006 - one of the few attempts to gauge women's opinions - found that 86% thought women shouldn't work in a mixed environment, and 89% agreed women shouldn't drive. Iman al-Alqeel, the editor of Hayat, a conservative magazine for girls, says most of her readers find the thought of working or studying around boys and men intimidating. "They want to be able to relax and not worry about what other people think about them," she says, though that's partly because Saudi men don't know...
...When the firing at the commando training facility in Badian began, Mohammad Hayat, 30, was cleaving meat apart at his rickety butcher's stall a hundred yards away. "The attackers came the side," he recalls. "I quickly ran and took safety over there." Hayat gestures toward the row of small shops that were shuttered and abandoned as security forces built up a response. "The police arrived about ten minutes later, then the army came as well. There was shooting and then explosions. It went on for three hours at least." (See pictures of the front-line battle against the Taliban...
...When the firing at the commando-training facility in Badian began, Mohammad Hayat, 30, was cleaving meat at his rickety butcher's stall a hundred yards away. "The attackers came from the back side [of the compound]," he recalls. "I quickly ran and took safety over there," he says, gesturing toward a row of small row shops that were shuttered and abandoned as security forces built up a response. "The police arrived about 10 minutes later, then the army came as well. There was shooting and then explosions. It went on for three hours at least...