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...however, the focus remains on Afghanistan. In the mountains and deserts, winter is approaching; with its onset, said Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, chief of the British defense staff, "things will slow down a bit." But only a bit. The war may be won by small teams of dedicated warriors, but by most standards this is going to be a pretty big show. The Pentagon intends to send more troops to the region next week. Some of them could come from the 23,000 U.S. troops, including special-forces units, now participating in Operation Bright Star maneuvers in Egypt. Another contingent...
...Ibrahim, a veteran of the mujahedin struggle against the Soviets from 1979-89, has a small farm at the base of the mountains in Nangarhar. He used to harvest wheat and corn and grow walnuts, apricots and grapes on his land. But since the onset of drought, he hasn't been able to grow enough to live on, so he came to Karkhla. He is not officially registered as a refugee and has no ID papers, but the Pakistani police leave people like him alone as long as they don't try to make their way to a major city...
MICHAEL DUFFY is our Washington bureau chief, overseeing coverage from the nation's capital. Chat with him about how the attack on the Pentagon and the onset of a strange new war have turned Washington upside down, on Wednesday, 8 p.m. E.T., Keyword: Live...
...leader may be even more dependent on a resumption of dialogue than his Israeli counterparts, precisely because of the toll taken by the intifada on his domestic and international political standing. Arafat may have made more visits to the Clinton White House than any other foreign leader, but the onset of the intifada essentially made him persona non grata in Washington, and suicide bombing attacks emanating from areas under his control have sharply weakened his diplomatic support in the West. On the Palestinian street, the uprising has seen the political center of gravity shift away from Arafat and towards...
...those who had help figuring out what needed to change in their eating habits and how to work a daily walk into their routine who maintained their weight loss. It's not yet clear whether these lifestyle changes can actually prevent Type 2 diabetes or merely delay its onset for a few years. But a third of this group saw their blood-sugar levels fall back to normal--an especially encouraging sign. Losing a few pounds and walking 30 minutes a day are goals well within everyone's reach...