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...scrambling for a way out. One fix would be to say they changed their minds after seeing secret documents on the eavesdropping program the White House made available to select House members for the first time this week. A more palatable solution emerged midweek: extending last August's stopgap Protect America Act, which would allow them to duck the immunity issue until after the election this fall, when the Dems could have the same painful fight yet again...
...mean finding a new career or doing better at school. "It's probably desirable to feel dissatisfaction appropriately," he says. A bit of fretting can pay health dividends too. If you worry just a little, you're likelier to be more vigilant about something as simple as sunscreen and protect yourself accordingly. As long as you're not too low on the satisfaction scale, it appears you should just be happy with how happy...
...commission said that Israel failed on three counts: the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) failed to rescue the two soldiers kidnapped by Hizballah militia in a cross-border raid; second, despite heavy bombing raids inside Lebanon, Israeli forces failed to destroy Hizballah's leadership; and, finally, the IDF did not protect its citizenry from Hizballah's ceaseless barrage of rockets in northern Israel. More than 1,000 Lebanese and 160 Israelis were killed in the 34-day war. Concluded the report: "We found serious failings and flaws in the lack of strategic thinking and planning, in both the political...
...France is also keen to stress the E.U.'s mission neutrality. "It is a reconstruction mission, a development mission and a humanitarian one," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said, adding that that the aim was solely to protect displaced refugees, not to help Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno. Some Chadian rebels have expressed fears that the E.U. force is meant to help prop up Deby, a longtime ally of Paris, and have even threatened to attack the mission if it interferes with their rumbling insurgency...
...president. When asked what he wants from Brown, Khan dismissed "all this nonsense" about outside moderators for the upcoming elections and said he wants only one thing from the prime minister: "He should demand the reinstatement of the judges. They will ensure freedom of the media, they will protect the electoral commission, they will ensure free and fair elections...