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...kept. Throughout his campaign, Barack Obama pledged to reverse what he called one of the fundamental strategic blunders of the Bush Administration by returning to, and winning the war in, Afghanistan. But when Obama takes office on Jan. 20, he will inherit a war complicated by years of neglect. Seven years on, military commanders are struggling to find a winning strategy in a fight whose cost in both blood and treasure continues to mount even as security disintegrates. Coalition soldiers are dying in greater numbers now than in any year since 2001. So are Afghan civilians - who are victims...
...than the 80,000-sq.-ft. stores grocers like Whole Foods have recently opened. The relatively small size has helped Aldi penetrate urban markets, where real estate is generally more expensive than in suburban locales, and also allowed the company to carve a niche in neighborhoods that supermarket chains neglect. Operating costs are as spare as the rest of the place. At any given time, there are fewer than five staffers inside an Aldi store. On a recent afternoon at a location on Chicago's North Side, for instance, there were just two cashiers, an employee replenishing milk shelves...
Corbett advises potential pickup artists (his clients are mostly men) not to limit themselves to bars and nightclubs on vacation: "While nightlife is always a great way to meet women, don't neglect all the opportunities to talk to and meet women during the day - the hotel lobby, restaurants, the beach, shopping trips. Remember also that your time on vacation is limited...
...Health Organization's China representative, Hans Troedsson, said the issue of who knew what and when was critical. "It is important to know if information was withheld, where and why it was withheld," he told the Associated Press. "Was it ignorance by provincial authorities or was it that they neglected to report it? Because if it was ignorance, there is a need to have much better training and education ... if it is neglect, then it is, of course, more serious...
...Canada, Britain, and France have made clear, being against the war entirely can still be a viable alternative. It would be a grave error to mistake a laurel leaf for a white flag. For the time being, however, any discussion at all would be preferable to the bizarre public neglect of a country with which we are still at war. U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen has himself stated explicitly that it is not Afghanistan that takes priority. “In Afghanistan, we do what we can,” he said...