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Although the mild-mannered Siniora seemed destined for finance, Hariri's assassination, the Cedar Revolution it triggered and the exit of Syrian troops inevitably drew him into the regional struggles that have long made Lebanon a political battleground. Hizballah resigned from Siniora's government in November, accusing it of becoming a U.S. pawn that had reneged on promises to rule with Hizballah's agreement. The tipping point was the government's vote to proceed with the international tribunal over Hizballah's objections. "Our fear is that politicians will take advantage of the tribunal to get at us and others...
...barely conceivable that a war, which posterity will very likely regard as the most unintelligible in our history, might justifiably produce a certain mild disquietude on the part of those who may be called upon to fight it?” the historian wrote in a letter at the height of the Vietnam...
...befits an afternoon beach party, stars dressed down. Indie homecoming king and queen Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn embodied the code - corduroy pants and sneakers for him, skinny jeans and heels for her, a look of mild amusement for both. Some celebs clearly found dressy casual a puzzling assignment - Laura Dern wore a red dress and jeans...
...bureaucracy as well - that created this war's unprecedented number of recovering outpatients. In past wars, injured soldiers were treated and discharged to VA hospitals for follow-up care. Walter Reed has kept them longer to improve use of the latest prostheses or ease post traumatic stress disorder and mild brain injuries, maladies rarely diagnosed in Vietnam...
...mild as those comments were, India's gossip page editors have pounced upon them as proof of the widening rift between Bollywood's reigning king and prince. In the past few days both actors have gone out of their way to say that they respect each other's work and remain friendly, but it somehow seems too late: like all the most ridiculous celebrity stories the Big B v. SRK brouhaha has taken on a life of its own. In a wonderful illustration of globalization's reach, even U.S. satirist Stephen Colbert has helped fuel the dispute by featuring Bachchan...