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...that's hardly possible militarily and not likely politically. Field more non-U.S. peacekeepers? Washington is trying unsuccessfully to recruit volunteers. Begin pulling out U.S. troops? Doing so anytime soon would probably destabilize Iraq entirely. That leaves little alternative but to speed up plans to train Iraqis to protect an ever growing share of the country. Even Bush critics say that's the only long-term solution. Last week, to show the Administration is not sitting idly by as the resistance grows bolder, Bremer announced a stepped-up training program...
...Cross and other welfare groups have long relied on their neutrality to protect them, but that is no longer enough. Aid workers have been pushed around in Somalia, terrorized in East Timor, taken hostage in Bosnia and murdered in Chechnya. CARE recently reported that armed attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan have increased during the past year from one a month to one every two days. James Ron, Canada research chair in conflict and human rights at McGill University, links the uptick to the growing number of people doing this work and their increased willingness to operate in hostile areas...
...protect his identity, the rice farmer is known only as "John Doe Number 8" in a lawsuit in which he and 14 other unnamed victims accuse Unocal of "aiding and abetting" the abuses carried out by the Burmese soldiers. The villagers, assisted by American labor activists, have asked U.S. courts to award damages that could exceed $1 billion. How Unocal fares in a trial scheduled for December in a California state court and in federal litigation will be closely watched because the oil company is just one of many big U.S. companies facing similar court cases, a potential minefield...
...This is not the usual congressional committee food fight," said a Washington intelligence hand who's worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations. With stakes so high as the presidential election looms less than a year away, he said, "the Republicans are trying to protect the White House and make this a CIA problem. And I assume the Democrats are trying to make sure this isn't just laid at the door of the CIA." Democrats retorted that the confidential memo had only been seen, and not used, by Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the panel's top Democrat...
...latest movie is based upon on the life of the Sunday Independent reporter of the same name. The film is the story of her self-imposed mission to clear the streets of drugs and drug pushers, culminating in her brutal death at the hands of gang leaders attempting to protect themselves from the momentum of her crusade. Most important, it is the story of Guerin herself: her character, her motivations, her fears and doubts. Cate Blanchett’s resplendent performance as Guerin seethes with passion and intensity in every scene. It is her skillful work—as well...