Word: progressives
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Since taking office in 2002, Uribe has made impressive progress with Colombia's security and economy. But there is scant contact between him and the FARC, which is far from vanquished. "I'm killing myself every day wondering why dialogue is so impossible for all sides in this tragedy," says Betancourt's mother Yolanda Pulecio. At least Betancourt is a cause celebre in France. In their jungle encampments, America's hostages in Colombia are not just out of sight; to all but their families and supporters, they seem to be out of mind too. With reporting by Sibylla Brodzinsky/Bogota...
...series of bombings rocked predominantly Sunni areas of Baghdad over the weekend, threatening to draw al-Qaeda back into the capital's spotlight, just as Iraqi and American military commanders announced limited progress made on another fiery front line. For the last month, the attention of the Iraqi and American militaries shifted in large part from Sunni insurgents to the Shi'ite Mahdi Army. With daily car bombings and IEDs still lower in Sunni areas of the capital than they were a year ago, officials are hesitant to declare a return of al-Qaeda just yet. But with all eyes...
...were laden with mines and IEDs," he said, adding that three entrances into the besieged Mahdi Army stronghold had now been opened. The General added that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has designated $100 million for the neighborhood's reconstruction once the fight is finally over. But despite that progress report, the American-backed Iraqi forces are still bogged down by a resource-consuming battle with the Mahdi Army across stretches of the militia's vast east Baghdad territory...
...year old ‘rapper’ just breaking in.” His sentiments are echoed in “Guarantees,” where he states his deepest fear: someone might “kill me in my 30s in the name of progress.” Unfortunately, the brilliant line is forgotten as the song collapses into an unforgivably tacky conclusion, “The only guarantee in life is a life worth dying for,” a line that stands out awkwardly for its dowdiness in a brilliantly written album...
Kagan said in an e-mailed statement that the fund is tackling difficult problems, and that “I hope I can contribute, in some small way, to making progress on them...