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...rejected a U.S.-proposed ceiling for strategic nuclear weapons, objecting that the proposed cap of about 2,000 warheads was still too high. The rebuff forced Under Secretary of State John Bolton to work through last week in Moscow to try to get the Russians back on board. Another rub: Bush officials tell TIME that Russian planes bombed the Republic of Georgia earlier this month as part of Moscow's offensive against Chechen rebels given safe haven by President Eduard Shevardnadze. Georgia is a U.S. ally that receives, among other assistance, CIA training for its security forces, and Washington...
...undercover unit of the border police snatched Yusef Tabeishi, an Islamic jihad activist Israel says was involved in several terror attacks. Senior officers say they will be able to extract valuable intelligence by interrogating the three men. These are also the kinds of operations that usually don't rub the Bush Administration the wrong...
...been expressed in private. "It is a dilemma for us," says a senior government official. "If the fighting in Afghanistan goes on, many more refugees are bound to try to come. But we can't be seen to be deporting hundreds of desperate Muslims." And there's the rub for Malaysia, where the relaxed visa requirements for travelers from Muslim countries?combined with what some critics describe as often less-than-vigilant immigration procedures?have made it the main Asian hub for the people-smuggling syndicates...
...These are also the kinds of operations that usually don't rub the Bush administration the wrong way. When Israel tries to nab suspects with a larger force, it doesn't look so good from Washington's viewpoint. In fact, it looks little different from the big operations in the major Palestinian towns. Israel sent tanks and troops to the village of Beit Rima, north of Ramallah, last week, because it believed one of Ze'evi's killers may have taken refuge with his relatives there. Palestinian gunmen resisted and five were killed. In the end, neither...
...brand new Concert Commission also manages to avoid the money rub, in spite of the absence of alumni. Concert Commission Chair Sujean S. Lee ’03 says that “[The] Undergraduate Council is our biggest source of money. We are a department of the UC now, but last year, we weren’t.” Funds for this Monday’s Dispatch concert came from ticket sales and profit from the previous concert, as well as council support...