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...Something is better than nothing.' KYAW HSAN, Burma's Information Minister, on the junta's proposed new constitution, which would establish a civilian government but allows the military to maintain effective control of the country...
...present, I maintain my disagreement: I have found among our student body a not unhealthy proportion of brilliant, entertaining, and well-grounded college kids amid that small but vocal class of mercenary careerists and social climbers, the oft-derided Golems of Goldman Sachs (are any investment banks still solvent...
...nation's armed forces slog through a seventh year of war, with soldiers and Marines churning through repeated combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, re-enlistment bonuses and lower recruitment standards can only do so much to maintain force levels. So, the military is doing more to make its postings and benefits more attractive for spouses and children in military families. Mullen's comments on South Korean tours echoed recent testimony from the top U.S. officer there. The change would cut the number of family separations beyond those already compelled by the two wars, Army General Burwell Bell told...
...injury earlier this season. “Then I want to get back to work in the offseason, get bigger and stronger.”Certainly, all of the Harvard grapplers will look to shed the injury bug and start fresh next season. If the young team can maintain its health, the Crimson will look to send more wrestlers to St. Louis and improve on its 33rd place overall finish...
...Basra, Iraqi forces pressed their three-day offensive against what both Iraqi and Coalition forces continue to call "criminal elements." Spokesmen for Moqtada al-Sadr have openly denounced the military campaign and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces. In what is widely regarded as an effort to maintain the precarious ceasefire renewed by Sadr in February, both coalition forces and the Iraqi military have carefully avoided referring to the armed fighters as Sadr's supporters, but rather as unaffiliated criminals and thugs. "The operation in Basra, it's not against a particular political trend," Iraqi military spokesman Major...