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...next year, but to Col. Fellows, pinning these answers down is beside the point. Sitting in his hotel room watching the white dome near the Pearl Harbor memorial put the system's goals in perspective. "People in Hawaii understand SBX because that's what we're trying to do - prevent something from attacking us without forewarning," Fellows says. "If we had been able to stop that, history would have been changed...
...atmospherics in comparison to the mutual disdain that Presidents Bush and Jacques Chirac reserved for one another. But while hopes are up for a less fraught relationship between Paris and Washington, the feel-good manner in which the two men have agreed to disagree on international affairs may not prevent those differences from sparking new trans-Atlantic tensions when it comes to the crunch...
...procedure has faced ethical complications due to the necessary use of immunosuppressants, or anti-rejection drugs, to prevent the patient’s immune system from rejecting the donor tissue. These toxic drugs expose patients to infection and increase the risk of cancer, prompting many to quesiton whether it is right to subject patients to such risks for a non-lifesaving procedure...
...Iraq made sense, I beg to differ with him on the timing and pace of withdrawing troops [July 30]. While it is crucial that they leave in an orderly fashion, the sooner they depart, the better. A U.N. task force should be assigned to guard Iraq's borders and prevent a regional conflict. Iraq's neighbors and the world powers should launch an intensive diplomatic effort to help the Iraqis sort out their disagreements. They are best qualified to construct the democratic unified nation they aspire to after Saddam Hussein. Samih A. Sherif, Montreux, Switzerland...
WHAT TO THINK The rules seem ridiculous, but they aim to prevent the exiled Dalai Lama, 72, from helping identify newly reincarnated Buddhas, allowing China to handpick people loyal to Beijing...