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...Taliban fighter break out into a lament, saying 'Where are you, Omar, why have you forsaken us?'" one U.S. officer recounts. And the Taliban's sanctuary in Pakistan may no longer be safe. Under pressure from the Bush administration, Islamabad has begun to crack down on its former protégés. Last month, 18 middle-ranked Taliban commanders were arrested in Quetta and Karachi, including Akbar Agha, leader of a Taliban splinter group named Jaish-al Muslimeen, which kidnapped three foreign aid workers in Kabul last October...
Speculation in the Iraqi media centers on three candidates, all considered religious moderates: the Dawa Party's Ibrahim al-Jaffari, S.C.I.R.I.'s Adil Abd al-Mahdi and Sistani prot??g?? Hussein Shahristani. Whoever gets the nod, Washington will find itself having to deal with a group that has no natural affinity with the U.S. "These are all people who have one reason or another to dislike America," says pollster Sadoun al-Dulame, executive director of the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies. "If George Bush has to do business with these people, well, good luck...
...into politics through conservative youth organizations, and at 22 won a seat on the municipal council in the posh Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. In 1983 he was elected its mayor, and five years later joined Parliament. Sarkozy's commitment and dedication helped make him a Chirac protégé; for a time he even dated Chirac's youngest daughter, Claude. But in 1993, when he was 38, Sarkozy became Budget Minister and spokesman in the government of conservative Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. In the 1995 presidential race, he ditched a 20-year allegiance to Chirac to back...
...reason for Jiang's rough treatment may be that he has crossed Jiang Zemin, China's former President and current Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission. The doctor's SARS disclosures prompted the ouster of two of Jiang Zemin's protégés-former Health Minister Zhang Wenkang and ex-Beijing Mayor Meng Xuenong. The Tiananmen letter might also be perceived as a personal affront, given that Jiang Zemin came to power in 1989 in part because of his support for the crackdown. A government admission of wrongdoing, as the doctor urges, would be a blow...
...would anyone want to rent a cow? Say "cheese"-several varieties produced from your protégé's milk will, by summer's end, be yours. Last year the cows' owners, farmers Paul and Helga Wyler, decided to beef up their income by renting out the bovines. This year they are leasing their 100 cows. You select a cow (pictures can be seen at www.kuhleasing.ch), and pay the leasing fee of $300 as well as the additional $13 per kg of cheese your cow will produce during the summer, amounting to about 70-120 kg. In the fall...