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...from outside." Though it has been accused by India of several attacks throughout the country, LeT has historically restricted its operations to Kashmir. However, the restoration of Islamic rule over all parts of the subcontinent remains part of its stated mission. Working with a group like SIMI, which has proven skilled at drawing urban youth to its cause, may enable LeT to extend its reach...
...Middle East and Russia; the former is a volatile region, and the latter has shown a willingness to use gas as a political weapon. Coal reserves, however, are globally widespread, and 40% are found in o.e.c.d.countries. Moreover, gas reserves are estimated to disappear within 66 years, but proven, extractable coal reserves could last for up to 200. "World coal reserves are not merely abundant, they are superabundant," Britain's Clean Coal Task Group claimed in a report to the government last month. Britain's homegrown reserves of at least 1 billion tons could last for 60 years, while Germany...
...Beware of Dubious Teaching Secrets The media crowned a study as the answer to the Boy Crisis - but the study's "proven" effects are negligible at best
...that concern has proven justified, with Hizballah's deadly cross-border attack and kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers. And the most vexing challenge for Israel will be determining what and whom to respond against, how far to take it and where to stop: with the Hizballah infrastructure or its leadership? With Lebanon, including Beirut? With Hizballah's backers in Syria, or Tehran...
...Soviet Union 15 years ago, but after successfully reversing a production slump in the early 1990s, it has re-emerged as an energy superpower. Last year it was the world's second largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia. In gas, it is the undisputed world leader, with proven reserves almost double those of second-place Iran. For the rest of the world, that spells a welcome opportunity. Europe has long relied on Russia to fill its growing energy demands, and in the aftermath of Sept. 11, many in the U.S. began looking to it as a potential major alternative energy...