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...disappointment expressed by the U.S. commander at Mosul over the fact that most of the Iraqi police in the city had simply fled their stations when attacked by insurgents are a sobering reality-check on hopes for deploying Iraqi forces around the Sunni triangle as the day-to-day mainstay against the insurgency. Maintaining security in the Sunni areas ahead of the planned January election may still require far more extensive garrison deployments of U.S. troops, which stretches their resources and leaves them more vulnerable to insurgent attacks...
...Moreover, the unofficial President-elect appears to be on a collision course with his mainstay constituents, Indonesia's working class. To attract investment and new factories, the country needs to overhaul labor laws that businessmen say make it too costly to compete with countries such as China. They especially complain about rules that mandate high severance payouts to laid-off workers, which they contend impedes their ability to adapt to changing economic conditions. According to a study by the World Bank, the cost of firing a worker in Indonesia averages 157 weeks of pay, higher than in any other East...
...aging. DIED. RAYMOND MARCELLIN, 90, conservative French politician who, as Interior Minister under President Charles de Gaulle, led the tough crackdown on the 1968 student protests; in Paris. DIED. ROSE GACIOCH, 89, star pitcher and outfielder in the heyday of women's professional baseball; in Detroit. As a mainstay for the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1945 to its demise in 1954, she was a three-time all-star and the model for Rosie O'Donnell's character in the 1992 film A League of Their...
Jeans, whether ripped, dark, white or low slung, were the mainstay at both the Dolce & Gabbana and D&G Men's shows, and, according to Michael Macko, head buyer for menswear at Saks Fifth Avenue, expensive jeans are the foundation for the style-conscious man's wardrobe. Macko says sales of casual designer clothing are up among young men who, unlike their elders, "grew up without the stigma that only gay men went shopping by themselves or with other men." For this new generation, Macko says, "it all starts with a premium denim, whether it's Levi's Premium...
...then covered with minced tomatoes, olive oil, dried oregano and maybe some thyme, then served with kritharaki, the tear-shaped Greek pasta, and chunks of feta. kokoretsi You need guts to eat this, and guts to make it - specifically, sheep's intestines stuffed with diced offal. Kokoretsi is a mainstay of tavern menus, particularly those along the Vlachika, a famous strip of butchers' tavernas, in the bustling district of Vari on Athens ' southern outskirts. The offal is wrapped in intestines and roasted on a spit. Slivers of meat are then sliced off as appetizers. If you have the stomach...