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Major General David Perkins, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, told a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday that al-Qaeda was increasingly desperate to maintain relevance in Iraq. The source close to the insurgency told TIME that al-Qaeda was regrouping and recalibrating its focus. "The politics of the attacks have changed," the source said. "They don't want to attack the Americans because they know they are leaving. They are targeting the Awakening councils and the tribes because they are working with the government," he said, referring to the mainly Sunni councils that turned against the insurgency...
...getting us out of the world's financial mess [Feb. 16]. I believe the first responsibility of every nation is to protect its citizens against long-term unemployment and the resultant poverty. I am not advocating tariffs or large-scale protection from imports but it is important that we maintain employment through restoring our essential manufacturing base, which has been considerably eroded through manufacturers going offshore. Add to this the encouragement of consumers to buy homemade goods and products and if this is achieved, along with maintaining employment, then the impact of the economic crisis will certainly be reduced. This...
...current financial climate, it is difficult for a student newspaper to maintain private funding and complete autonomy over its content. Still, the actions of the board of directors are unacceptable. The board should have negotiated the conditions of the new publisher position with the students. Furthermore, producing a paper without any student content in response to the protest is an insult to the years of work that the Emerald staff has placed into their newspaper...
...seem to sing of natural beauty, but often there's a hint of loyalty to His Holiness [the Dalai Lama], or of brotherhood between Tibetans around the world, or such issues that the Chinese government does not allow you to talk about." (See pictures of Tibet's struggle to maintain its Buddhist traditions...
...means complacent.," Perkins told a press conference on Sunday. "We know that Al-Qaeda, although greatly reduced in capability and numbers, still is desperate to maintain relevance here in Iraq...