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...Faisalabad, Pakistan, was told by superiors that his officers were needed for some routine arrests. Hussain didn't think much of it. Faisalabad, in the center of Punjab province, is a humming mill town, and illegal immigrants are always turning up there in search of work. But shortly after midnight, some unexpected visitors came striding into Hussain's colonial-era office. They were members of Pakistani military intelligence, accompanied by American CIA and FBI personnel wearing bulletproof vests. This was hardly routine...
...shocked at how many bills that spend billions of your tax dollars get approved by groggy members after midnight. It's not the best way to legislate. But Daschle and Hastert would be tarred and feathered by both Republicans and Democrats if they had their chambers working a five-day week...
...their somewhat degrading word, HoCo chairs checked each first-year girl’s ID as she entered the dance, crossing her name off their list. This extra step caused a small line to form as many finished pre-gaming and tried to push their way in around midnight. Two stoic police officers regulated while the HoCo frantically tried to make sure each person was paying—or not paying—the correct amount. Girls standing in line took stock of each other’s outfits, whispering cattily to their friends when spying a particularly heinous ensemble...
...Taliban claimed responsibility for a number of attacks, including one on March 19 in Khost, in eastern Afghanistan. There, shortly before midnight, a U.S. base came under mortar and automatic-weapons fire. The attackers had crept to within a few hundred feet of the U.S. camp and were using an old prison building as cover. After a 45-min. battle that saw AC-130 gunships in action against the Taliban, the Americans say, they found "more than 10" bodies around the building. The ex-Taliban in Peshawar, however, are not deterred. They say they will be back, that when...
...Faisalabad, Pakistan, was told by superiors that his officers were needed for some routine arrests. Hussain didn't think much of it. Faisalabad, in the center of Punjab province, is a humming mill town, and illegal immigrants are always turning up there in search of work. But shortly after midnight, some unexpected visitors came striding into Hussain's colonial-era office. They were members of Pakistani military intelligence, accompanied by American CIA and FBI personnel wearing bulletproof vests. This was hardly routine...