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...many as 100,000 militiamen roaming the countryside. Says one Afghan ministry official: "As long as warlords are around, there will be no peace and security, period." - By Phil Zabriskie Called to Account DENMARK The government ordered home the commander of its 500 troops in Iraq and three other officers following allegations involving the treatment of Iraqi civilian prisoners. The four were suspended pending an investigation into their "judgment on how detainees should be treated," according to a Danish military spokesman. The case stems from an ongoing investigation into charges that another officer, Captain Annemette Hommel, mistreated Iraqis...
Riversleigh's vast trove of fossils lets scientists see deep into the past - and unearth lessons for the future A certain type of person might regard Phil Creaser's life as a tiny bit humdrum. Fair-skinned and bespectacled, he works from a desk as a project coordinator in the Commonwealth public service, returning in the evenings to an empty house. In his free time, he keeps an eye on his elderly parents, loves a good trivia night, and has drinks every Friday evening with longstanding colleagues. Sporting interests? You bet: orienteering and rogaining, activities that allow him to indulge...
...biggest celebrities--7 ft. 1 in., 340 lbs., with size-22 sneakers--when the L.A. Lakers traded their indomitable center, SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, to the Miami Heat last week. After the Lakers' surprising loss to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA finals last month and coach Phil Jackson's subsequent departure, Shaq packed his bags and said he wanted to "play for a team that's willing to win." (As opposed to all those fools who think the point is to lose.) So, in a power-sapping trade, the Lakers let O'Neal go in return for three Heat starters...
...times when I wondered: Why the hell are they letting us film this?" When shooting commenced in 2001, Metallica - drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and singer James Hetfield - were starting a new album, dealing with the resignation of bassist Jason Newsted, and entering therapy with performance-enhancement coach Phil Towle. With their record label, Elektra, the band hired Berlinger and co-director Bruce Sinofsky (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost) to document the process with an eye toward turning the footage into an infomercial. "You know, sell some albums on TV," says Hammett. "We had no f____ing idea what...
DIED. AGNES (SIS) CUNNINGHAM, 95, who co-founded, with her husband, the influential folk-song journal Broadside in 1962; in New Paltz, N.Y. During its 26-year run, the magazine published more than 1,000 songs, including Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind and early works by Phil Ochs, Janis Ian, Tom Paxton and Buffy Sainte-Marie. An accomplished accordion and guitar player, she performed with Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger in the 1940s...