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This is not the first time warlords have held power in Afghanistan. After the 1989 withdrawal of Soviet troops, rival mujahedin groups that had united to drive out the foreigners turned on one another in a brutal civil war. The government collapsed, and militia commanders were able to seize territory and terrorize the population. The Taliban capitalized on widespread disgust with the warlords' savagery, coming to power in 1996. After Sept. 11, the U.S. relied on the northern warlords and their militias to help oust the Taliban. Many of those leaders were given prominent positions when the new Afghan government...
...come up with one, and it’s good, we’ll put it on the menu,” our waiter told us. Or rather, challenged us. As it turns out, he had told the bartender to come up with a rival concoction, and he would decide the winner based on a random taste test among other customers. After a few minutes of brainstorming, we called our waiter over.“Here you have it,” we told him. “The Obama: Kahlua, Vodka, Baileys, and coconut liqueur, served over ice. Kahlua...
...Andy Hornby, the former chief exec of HBOS, which was taken over last year by rival Lloyds to prevent a run on the bank, said he was "extremely sorry for the turn of events." Dennis Stevenson, Hornby's chairman at HBOS - which, along with Lloyds, got a $25 billion bailout from the government in return for 43% of the combined group - was "profoundly and unreservedly" apologetic. And really giving it his all, Fred Goodwin, ex-boss of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), rescued by British taxpayers last fall with an even bigger bailout, said he "could not be more...
...forced the British government into a $55 billion bailout in October, saddling it with more than a trillion pounds (roughly $1.4 trillion) in liabilities. In a jam-packed committee room, the former bankers picked over their biggest mistakes. Shelling out some $15 billion for a chunk of rival Dutch lender ABN Amro in mid-2007 - when all the signs were pointing to a testing time for banks - was "a big mistake," Tom McKillop, RBS's former chairman, told the committee...
...look like a team far removed from the squad that challenged No. 1 Boston University in the Beanpot last week.“I guess we disregarded how big of a game [Yale] was,” Biega said. “Obviously they’re the biggest rival of ours, but unfortunately we didn’t come out ready to play.”The Crimson will hope for sharper play when the team faces off against No. 12 Boston College tonight at 5 p.m. in the Beanpot Consolation Game.—Staff writer Jake...