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...concluded that the civilians were in fact killed by Marines and not by an insurgent's bomb and that no insurgents appeared to be in the first two houses raided by the Marines. The probe found, however, that the deaths were the result of "collateral damage" rather than malicious intent by the Marines, investigators...
Take the recent World Baseball Classic as an example of Major League Baseball’s intent to globalize America’s pastime...
...only thing Thaksin can do is continue with the election and immediately appoint a nonpartisan body with a mandate to recommend political reform. But given all he's done to destroy the true intent of the constitution, he has no moral right to lead political reform in the future...
...swirl of controversy is that concrete proposals for improving the quality of life of Harvard’s freshmen are being pushed out of the discussion. Instead of swallowing its collective pride and beginning the work of shaping its successor, the Prefect Program’s board seems intent on throwing a tantrum about what it feels was an inadequate amount of consultation. That’s a real shame, since huge improvements to freshman advising aren’t just attainable, they would be remarkably simple to put into place...
...suicide bombing of the Cole, for instance, occurred less than three hours after the ship had completed mooring in the harbor of Aden, Yemen. ?It would have been much more difficult for the bombers to execute the attack without some previous knowledge of the ship's schedule and its intent to pull into Aden,? says a former Navy officer...