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...Delhi remains in a difficult position, however. It can't afford to escalate to a nuclear confrontation, and yet it may have reached the point where it can no longer refrain from responding to attacks from Pakistani-controlled territory. India could opt to launch air strikes or even commando raids at training camps used by the insurgents on the Pakistani-controlled side of Kashmir and in Pakistan itself. But once battle is joined, it may quickly assume a dangerous logic of escalation...
...some districts have begun to bend their discipline codes. Last fall Chicago public-schools chief Arne Duncan directed principals to stop handing out suspensions for picayune infractions like "gum chewing" and reserve the punishment for violent offenses. The district is working with local activists and civil rights attorneys to launch a program allowing students to be tried by a peer jury for violations such as arguing with a teacher or using profanity...
...Pakistan says it is preparing for the last two scenarios. "The actions that the Indians have taken tell us that they have the capability to launch air strikes on the so-called camps, besides having the capacity to start a fierce ground offensive," says one Pakistani general. "We have set our defenses accordingly and we are prepared for a limited war in and around Kashmir." For now, Pakistan says it is attempting to placate its neighbor by targeting Islamic militants on its soil. Late last week, diplomats were indicating that India was considering giving Pakistan one last chance. But like...
...distinctions between reality and marketing began to blur when Ogami went Hollywood. By 2001, his operations included a subsidiary called G. Cosmos that had gathered 20,000 members in the Philippines and 30,000 in Indonesia, collecting about $1 million in each country. G.O. Group was preparing to launch in Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. To spread his name around the region, Ogami began production of his long-nurtured dream: an action movie starring himself...
...divorced from the first) and the other as his mistress. He bought a gated mansion with a pool in Manila's ritzy Ayala Alabang neighborhood, hired eight bodyguards and began looking for ways to do business there. A mutual acquaintance introduced Ogami to Inoue, whom Ogami hired to launch G. Cosmos in 1999. "His next plan was to get his money out of Japan by buying an overseas bank," claims Inoue, "then use it as his own piggy bank." In September 2001, G.O. Group purchased a $13 million thrift bank called Unitrust...