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That won't be easy. Monthly casualty figures for U.S. service members in Afghanistan now rival those in Iraq--though there are about a quarter the number of troops there. Insurgent groups have spread to previously peaceful regions. "We are not exactly in a stalemate, but we are still marching uphill," says a NATO military commander in Kabul. He compares Afghanistan today with "about where we were in Iraq in 2004 to 2005"--which is just before it started to get really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tale of Two Wars: Afghanistan | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Ethiopian consulate, in the relatively stable northern Somali regions of Somaliland and Puntland. Government officials blamed the bombings on radical Islamic insurgents, who have vowed to continue fighting despite a U.N.-backed cease-fire agreed to earlier in the week by the Somali transitional government and the rival Islamic movement. The attacks coincided with a summit held in Nairobi by Somali and other African leaders to discuss the options for ending the chaos that has engulfed the nation since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Finally, there is the strongest, and perhaps the least predictable, force of all: public opinion. As the current President proved, a Chief Executive with two-thirds of the public behind him can steamroll almost any rival influence. In a single year when Bush's approval rating floated as high as the low 70s, he launched a war, reorganized the Federal Government and passed a vast expansion of Medicare. Forty percentage points later, he's the lamest duck since Harry S Truman. The public today is anxious, skeptical and dissatisfied. Record numbers say the country is on the wrong track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama and McCain Would Lead | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

That said, Obama may have less to fear from congressional leaders pushing rival agendas than did his bedeviled predecessors Carter and Clinton. Those earlier Democrats faced Congresses dominated by complacent chairmen who had never known a gop majority. Today's Democratic leaders know what it's like to lose the perks - and opportunities - of power. Having reoccupied the plush offices of the Capitol, they might appreciate the idea that being in the same party sometimes means staying on the same page. Then there is the question of taxes. Obama has made overhauling the tax code a centerpiece of his campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama and McCain Would Lead | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...squad with eight goals and sixteen points, was Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and was chosen third-team freshmen All-American. This year, the team needed a spark, something to wake its offense from its season long slumber. In the Crimson’s following game against Ivy rival Yale, Sheeleigh provided that spark. Thirty minutes into the match, Sheeligh ripped a lob pass from her partner up top, freshman star Melanie Baskind, past Yale’s talented keeper Ayana Sumiyasu to break a scoreless tie. The Crimson had been knocking, tallying shot after shot on the standout...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AOTW: Sophomore Sparks Crimson Offense | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

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