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...province was once one of the most violent and volatile regions of Iraq, accounting for hundreds of U.S. casualties. On Monday, however, the province - quieted by the U.S. military in alliance with Sunni tribal sheiks, the so-called Sunni Awakening or Sahwa movement - was turned back to Iraqi government rule...
...disrespect to Thailand's monarch - an incendiary charge in a country where the King is deeply revered. Last December, after a period of military governance, the Thai electorate ushered in Samak, who initially campaigned as the heir to Thaksin's political legacy. (Thaksin's party was dissolved during army rule and he was also banned from politics.) This time around, the PAD's allegations are similar and its leaders are repeating claims that they are taking action to protect Thailand?s monarchy from a dissolute government. But unlike Thaksin, Samak has close connections with the palace. And though the former...
...just embolden Mugabe further. The octogenarian ruler told a state-run newspaper soon after his parliamentary appearance that South African?brokered talks had broken down and his party would again form the government, not the MDC, which he has sworn will never take power. Mugabe has long claimed to rule in the name of the people. (Though he allowed, after the opposition's victory, that the people sometimes make "a mistake.") It seems the former school teacher intends to correct such errors for a while longer...
...look at the Republican presidential nominee. Carney, our Washington bureau chief, has covered both of McCain's presidential campaigns. He first encountered McCain during the Arizona Senator's antitobacco crusade of 1997. "He basically allowed me into every meeting and strategy session he had on tobacco," he recalls. "His rule: I could stay in any meeting until someone else--another Senator, the Surgeon General, an Administration official--kicked me out. It was warts and all. There was no one remotely like him in Congress." Senior correspondent Grunwald has also spent years charting politics and policy, including a stint covering Congress...
...Bush Administration announced a new regulation that would allow doctors to deny medical services on the basis of their religious or moral beliefs, overriding current state laws that require health-care workers to aid patients or refer them elsewhere. Opponents say the rule, which applies to 584,000 hospitals and clinics, could block patient access to everything from birth control to abortions to end-of-life care. The rule could go into effect after a 30-day comment period...