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There are conflicting reports as to how many Sahwa have been absorbed into the Iraqi security forces. Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf says 13,000 have been trained and placed in local police units. Major General Mike Ferriter, deputy operations commander of the U.S.-led forces, says the police have taken in 5,000 and the army 500. Even so, the figure is clearly not the promised 20%. A recent hiring freeze in the security forces - prompted by budget woes due to the massive drop in oil prices, which account for about 90% of government revenues - has further reduced...
...Highlander’s second and fourth spots, Harvard just missed out on a dual-match win. “While we didn’t play as well as we would have liked, a lot of good work was done over spring break,” captain Mike Shore said. “We were just trying to get the rust out and that’s what [the California trip] is all about.” Mayer and Amira both shot 84 on the day, while UCR’s five and six—Bruce Doucett...
However, Saturn spokesman Mike Morrissey insists that the expensive ads for brands on the chopping block do make sense. "We had been holding back on our advertising. We thought the time was right," says Morrissey, adding the NCAA Tournament has long delivered a young, affluent audience favored by carmakers. "We're very much alive," he says. (See the worst business deals...
...first things you did at Ford was bring back the Taurus. Can it reclaim some of its past glory? Mike McDonald, VANCOUVER...
...Baucus succeeds in navigating health-care reform through Congress, he may have another Montanan to thank for showing him how. Baucus' office suite in the Hart Senate Office Building is a veritable shrine to the longtime Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield, who guided the difficult passage of civil rights laws and Medicare in the 1960s. Mansfield counseled Baucus when the younger man started exploring a career in politics. Then a lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Baucus wasn't even sure whether he was a Democrat or a Republican. As Baucus planned his move back home to Montana...