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...fight wildfires have been sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. About half of Montana's 3,500 Guard troops are in Iraq, and Governor Brian Schweitzer recently asked that they be returned temporarily because his state "is potentially facing a fire season of historic magnitude." The Army denied his request, replying that it would instead train and certify other Guard troops "in minimal time" to prepare for potential emergencies. "The Pentagon just dismissed us," Schweitzer told TIME. "I might have better luck visiting the Blackfoot, Crow and other tribal nations here and asking them to do a rain dance...
...majority after decades of repression under Saddam Hussein. But the revelry turned sour after officials at the college of pharmacy asked al-Rubaiyi and his friends to break up the event, saying it violated a university policy banning sectarian gatherings on campus. The students refused the request, and al-Rubaiyi scuffled with the bodyguard of the dean of the pharmacy college, Mustafa al-Hiti, before heading home. He never made it. A few hours later, he was shot and killed by unknown assailants on a street near his house...
Once a judge grants the request to start the discovery process, the RIAA can then subpoena the identity of the individual in question. Once an identity has been revealed, the original lawsuit is changed to include the subscriber’s name, according to information sent by Engebretsen...
...occasion, Monet wrote to Senn asking him to use his influence as a prominent local businessman with the Le Havre authorities. The artist wanted a street named in his honor, to mark his achievements and connection with the city. Since that accolade was reserved only for the deceased, the request got nowhere. Given the magnificence of Senn's donation, the collector now surely deserves that tribute himself...
...event that could bring the North Korea policies of Seoul and Washington into closer alignment: a nuclear test by the North. Roh was livid after Pyongyang declared it had nuclear weapons in February, says a South Korean official. Seoul hasn't officially turned down a North Korean request made in January for 500,000 tons of fertilizer. But the planting season is almost over and Seoul is uncharacteristically sitting on the request. Meanwhile, senior officials from the North and South Korea are scheduled to meet this week; according to South Korea's Unification Ministry, Seoul will again press Pyongyang...