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In 1995, the Turkish army invaded northern Iraq, sending some 35,000 soldiers across the border to destroy the guerilla infrastructure of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) a militant group made up of Turkish Kurds that had found refuge in the lawless mountain region. Operation Steel, as it was called...
USAGE Because an invasion of rodents can devastate populations of ground-nesting seabirds, wildlife-refuge managers in Alaska have developed emergency-response plans to deal with rat spills. The Alaska board of game recently passed strict regulations requiring shippers to exterminate any rodents found on their vessels. Meanwhile, the U.S...
Dec. 13, 2007, marks the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, and since my college days, my sense of shame has led me to seek a better understanding of what really happened. There is much disagreement over the historical record. The massacre is the subject of at least 10 dramatic...
So how well does the in-flight e-mail work? I went on a quick two-hour jaunt from New York City to Washington and back earlier this week to test out the new service and was impressed by the speed. My IMs and BlackBerry messages went through seamlessly to...
Such newfound national pride is shared by many of the Chinese university students now flocking to Japan. While Tiananmen-generation scholars went as penniless scholarship recipients, the latest arrivals were raised in Chinese cities whose skyscrapers and Internet cafés aren't so different from Tokyo's. They are...