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Prior to the troops arriving, significant clandestine operations should be launched in an effort to locate and target key areas in which the Taliban have footholds. Additional outposts can be made in the contested regions to solidify the rule of law within the country...

Author: By Anthony J. Bonilla | Title: Troop Surge in Afghanistan | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...WITH ONE RULE...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: An Email List for Free Nom Noms | 11/22/2009 | See Source »

...four years before a coup hatched by disgruntled military officers, some of whom harbored Islamist or pro-Pakistani sentiments, led to his assassination and the installation of a military government. Since then, Bangladesh has endured a succession of army-run regimes, as well as a period of dysfunctional democratic rule marred by corruption and partisan bickering. "What you're dealing with is a very fractured, highly politicized society," says Ali Riaz, chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can an Execution Help Heal Bangladesh? | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...This time, though, the generals relented and democratic elections were held in late 2008. Hasina took office again with a massive mandate, giving many Bangladeshis hope that the country could finally put its destructive, divisive politics behind it. Years of political upheaval, analysts say, have damaged the rule of law in Bangladesh and created a culture of impunity for both powerful politicians as well as for a military that has often acted as a law unto itself. The Supreme Court verdict was a sign, says the Daily Star editorial, "that the wheels of justice have finally rolled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can an Execution Help Heal Bangladesh? | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...athletes make snap decisions to skirt the rules in high-pressure situations. (Where was the global outcry when Michael Jordan pushed off on Utah's Bryon Russell before sinking the game-winning shot of the 1998 NBA Finals?) In this case, I was mad at Henry, but madder at the refs for missing the infraction, and enraged that soccer does not have some kind of replay rule to correct such obvious, easily reparable errors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey Ireland, Please Drop the World Cup Do-Over | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

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