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...turn out pretty well at the time. Most of the province's exiled Muslims returned home. But most of its Serbs promptly fled. And now the Serbs left behind are lashing out against their new overlords, while the 17,000 NATO peacekeepers who are still there are struggling to quell more instability...
...Kelly’s anticipatory remarks did little to quell the debate...
...Pentagon is busy pulling out the five combat brigades that "surged" to Iraq last year and helped quell the violence. But many Americans want that withdrawal to continue beyond the 30,000 troops added for the surge. Not so fast, says General David Petraeus, top U.S. commander in Iraq, urging a pause to evaluate the impact of the removal of those five brigades before sending more troops home. This weekend, Defense Secretary Robert Gates backed Petraeus, meaning that when the U.S. troop contingent in Iraq drops from the current 158,000 to about 130,000 in July, it could remain...
...headed into the three-day visit to Algeria Monday, the usually combative Sarkozy and his team took pains to quell the rising tensions between France and its former colonial possession, and wave off the anti-Semitic comments in particular as the uttering of a loose cannon seeking to advance an anti-French agenda. Rather than canceling the trip, Elysée officials said Sarkozy planned to press ahead to help restore bilateral relations between the two countries - and sign nearly $5 billion in business contracts prepared for finalization for the likes of energy companies Total and Gaz de France. "These...
...were never really able to take the game over the way we wanted to,” Donato said. “But we were never really able to establish a forecheck.”Even after the second intermission, the Crimson was not able to quell the persistent attack established by the Raiders in the middle frame.Though Harvard began the final period clinging to its one-goal lead, Colgate’s combination of physical defense and a quick transition game in the neutral zone helped the Raiders maintain their shooting advantage.It was only a matter of time before...