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There's no quick or easy answer to that question. Violence will ebb over the winter, and perhaps a political accommodation between the government and main opposition party - or indeed with the Taliban - will help in Kabul. But as fighting starts to heat up again next spring, and the U.S. leans on its allies in Europe for more troops, opposition to the Afghanistan campaign is likely to grow. The consequences of a withdrawal could be awful. But the clamor for it is getting louder. - Reported by William Boston / Berlin, Leo Cendrowicz / Brussels, Bruce Crumley / Paris and Catherine Mayer / London...
After agreeing to arms and oil deals, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev announced Sept. 13 that Russia would help the South American country develop nuclear energy. "We're not going to make an atomic bomb," said Chávez, "so don't be bothering...
Longtime McMansion residents too are looking for more economical ways to use their space. In the lush suburbs of Connecticut, some homeowners have started to rent out rooms. And even among those not looking for help with the mortgage, a movement to make supersize homes cozier is bubbling up. Architect Sarah Susanka, a small-house advocate, is finding that people are interested in making modifications, like lowering ceilings, to create more intimacy. Mathieu Gallois, who came up with the McMansion-splitting project in Australia, hit on the idea while visiting a 4,000-sq.-ft. home and feeling that with...
Harvard fell back on its defense to generate a consistent tempo, with Comrie, Docter, and Ingersoll contributing much-needed blocking efforts to help boost Harvard to a 9-6 lead...
...removal of aggressively situated missile defense shields in Eastern Europe, has paid out enormous political dividends in the form of cooperation from other nations on the problem of nuclear weapons in Iran. Specifically, Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev has expressed a new level of receptiveness to the idea of helping the U.S. curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions, stating, “We believe we need to help Iran to take a right decision... sanctions rarely lead to productive results, but in some cases, sanctions are inevitable...