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...Pakistan border tribal areas. Tragic U.S. blunders like these help recruit them. Many Afghans who are not sympathetic to the Taliban are reluctant to help U.S. forces patrol their villages, fearing the Taliban will take revenge once the humvees roll away. "Afghans are sitting on the fence," says Nick Downie, a security coordinator for aid agencies in Kabul. "They face intimidation, and they're not sure who the winner is going...
...Iraq. But what is the value of such liberties if protest is to be so cynically robbed of influence by the governments at which it is directed? For democracy to flourish, it is essential that the right to protest peacefully is not downgraded to the right to protest ineffectually. Nick Godwin Edinburgh...
There's still one form of correspondence that hasn't been taken over by email: kids' letters to Santa. At Santa Claus Village, 8 km north of Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, ol' St. Nick gets nearly a million letters a year from children worldwide-especially from Japan. And now he even writes back (for details, go to www.santagreeting.net and expect to pay about...
...kids have been especially nice this year, you might reward them with a trip to the Santa Claus Village, the self-proclaimed hometown of Father Christmas. It boasts several kid-friendly attractions, including a reindeer farm with sleigh rides, and Santa Park, a subterranean Disneyesque recreation of St. Nick's abode. (The big guy in the red suit is available for photo-ops.) The kids can even hand deliver their Christmas letters at Santa Claus' post office, which comes complete with a souvenir shop manned by elves. The experience is every bit as kitsch as it sounds, but your children...
Harvard buffed out the Blue Devils’ nick in the lead with a 12-0 run, ending with a trey by sophomore Shana Franklin, who scored a career-high 14 points on the night. Sophomore guard Jess Holsey also notched double-digits with 13 points...