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...promise to allow kids to transfer out of those schools. And it is costing states millions of dollars at a time when their budgets are tight. Yet the law is beginning to improve education for many students, and in most instances, its problems are the unforeseen consequences of well-intentioned regulations. "I think the intent is absolutely good, but did we think through all of the provisions?" says Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski...
...evidence - the 1,200 member Iraq Survey Group has found no actual prohibited weapons in Iraq, he has told U.S. legislators. Instead, he's expected to offer evidence in support of the argument that whether or not Saddam had actual weapons of mass destruction, he retained the capability and intent to restart his programs once freed of the shackles and scrutiny of the UN sanctions program. One senior U.S. official told the Financial Times, "They won't find weapons but that was never the issue. It's the ability to produce it once he was free of constraints...
Could flash mobs be an antidote? Probably not, at least as they are currently configured. Flash mobs feed off social capital, with friends inviting friends, but there is little evidence that they create new friendships or deepen existing ones—if that is even their intent...
...several years, the government has required students from countries with high immigration rates, such as China, to prove their intent to return home after completing their education. Students unable to show strong ties to their homelands are frequently unable to enter...
...event, Israel is intent on wiping out Hamas on its own. Hours after Abbas' resignation, Israeli forces bombed an apartment in Gaza City where Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, was believed to be meeting with the organization's top two military officials. Hamas leaders promised revenge for the strike, which slightly wounded Yassin. "Our operations," said Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a top official, "will strike everywhere." --By Romesh Ratnesar. Reported by Perry Bacon Jr./Washington and Jamil Hamad/Jerusalem