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...contrast with the mood in Israel could hardly have been greater. The very fact that the Israeli government had to barter for the return of two soldiers captured in July 2006 by Hizballah was disappointing enough. The Israeli government had launched a 33-day war to regain its lost boys and destroy the Shi'ite militia but failed on both counts. Moreover, the fact that the two soldiers were returned in black coffins left many Israelis bitter about the price paid by their government: the release of five dangerous militants and the return of the remains of 185 others...
...Arghandab district, which remained an outpost of mujahedin defiance. Its shady groves, raisin-drying barns and deep irrigation canals provide excellent cover for fighters. Kandahar residents worry that the militants could use the Arghandab district as a base for an attack on the city itself, in an attempt to regain their former power base. "Arghandab is a strategic district, which the Taliban can use to threaten Kandahar," says former police chief Khan Mohammad. The Taliban have taken every village in the area except for the main town of Arghandab, Mohammad says, and there are now 40 to 50 Taliban fighters...
...child is overweight, placing a child on an enforced diet may do more long-term harm than good. Doctors have yet to find a weight-loss program that has proved universally effective and safe, especially for children. More often, dieters will lose weight in the short run only to regain it. Research suggests that the yo-yo cycle can lead to loss in bone density and lean muscle mass, organs and bones, jeopardizing overall health. In fact, at least 15 major studies have shown higher death rates for adults after yo-yo weight cycling. "Research consistently links repeat dieting...
...many people regain the weight they've lost...
...again for further talks at an unspecified date. That was seen as another good sign by some. But for all the positive signals, the impediments to real progress remain formidable, and pessimistic observers wondered whether Beijing's apparently more accommodating stance wasn't more motivated by a desire to regain some international credibility on the issue in the three months leading up to the Games. "Of course, we all want to believe that there could be some big changes and that China may take a more conciliatory approach," says one senior Western diplomat in the capital. "But you have...