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...people have been killed in Sunni-Shi'ite feuds. Last year, for example, Sunni and Shi'ite gunmen marked each other's doctors and lawyers for assassination. President Pervez Musharraf waved off calls for the federal government to step in to curtail further bloodshed, saying he would refrain from "panic reactions." Fearing more attacks, a banker says he won't let his boys attend Friday sermons: "It's better to miss your prayers than to lose...
...recent refrain of Democrats and the 9/11 Commission has been one of anger that the Bush administration did not do enough to stop terrorist attacks before they happened on American soil. And if they can make a specifics-filled case that shows where and when Bush failed, then they will make a strong point. Yet, whatever ferocity has come down upon the Bush administration for not doing enough before 9/11 to stop terrorist attacks should come down tenfold on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who will be this year’s Commencement speaker...
...army agreed to halt all military operations against the Wazir, release most of the 163 alleged terrorists rounded up in March, rebuild dozens of abodes destroyed in misguided raids on suspected terrorist safe houses, and give amnesty to Mohammed and four other warrior leaders. In exchange, Mohammed promised to refrain from launching or helping to launch attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan...
...position during official talks that are meant to build a permanent legal fence in the sea between his abundant nation and its impoverished near neighbor. East Timor's lead negotiator, Peter Galbraith, is unmoved by the Australian's argument, but now he's roused by a Canberra official's refrain of "I wish I had a dime for every time I've heard that one" in response to Dili's case. Galbraith asks a woman on his team to hand a 25? coin to the opposing side in a dispute that is worth perhaps 50 billion times that amount. Pulses...
...Pakistani army agreed to halt its operation against Mohammed's militants, repay Wazir tribesmen for war damages and set free most of the 160 suspected al-Qaeda supporters who were captured. The tribesmen were also allowed to keep their weapons. In exchange, Mohammed and his clan promised to refrain from attacks on Pakistani forces and the U.S. troops in nearby Afghanistan. Gleeful rebel tribesmen accepted the easy terms--and then treated Hussain to a meal of rice and slaughtered sheep...