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Most Kashmiris on the Indian side of the divide have experienced enough violence to reject it as a tactic in the freedom struggle. Local militancy is on the wane; the official annual death toll from violence slipped from 5,000 in 1996 to 1,000 in 2007 and 600 so far this year, according to Ashok Bhan, director of police intelligence for Kashmir. Thanks in part to draconian security measures, turnout in this winter's local elections has exceeded 60% in some districts. That's a far cry from the single digits reported during the height of the insurgency, when...
...like something out of a Quentin Tarantino film.' TONY ZIELINSKI, Milwaukee alderman, on why he wants to revoke the alcohol license of a local Chuck E. Cheese following recent brawls at the children's pizza parlor...
Richard Corliss states in his review of the movie Defiance, "Not all Jews under Hitler's boot were passive victims" [Dec. 8]. Almost all of Hitler's Jewish victims were civilians with families. They had no army, let alone guns, and were often betrayed by their local government. The vast majority had no chance to fight and nothing to fight with and probably thought they would live to see their families again, not knowing what evil awaited them. Calling them or any defenseless people "passive victims"--even to refute such a notion-- is ignorant, rude and insulting. It would have...
Jackson said the local-anesthesia shots she got before the implantation were "painful." And afterward, she had cramps for a few hours akin to the ones during her period. The 1 1/2-in.-long (38 mm) coils--which are like pen springs but smaller and softer--contain fibers that irritate the tubes and prompt scar tissue to grow into and around the tiny loops. After three months, the Fallopian tubes are blocked, preventing eggs from reaching the uterus to be fertilized...
...education officials toy with the formula on the local level and clamor for large-scale policy changes, it’s important that top politicians lead by example. President-elect Obama’s popularity and political position put him and his wife in a unique position, which carries with it an obligation to support public education personally...