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...precise nature of Armitage's message to the Pakistanis in 2001 is open to question. A barrel-chested Vietnam vet who still lifts weights, Armitage - who left the State Department last year - can be intimidating in meetings. But diplomats don't as a rule threaten military action unless they've been authorized to do so, and Armitage, a seasoned envoy, insists he "never said it" because that was not his instruction from Washington. But he does admit to delivering a strong message to Musharraf's aide that Pakistan was either with the U.S. or against...
...Under the new rule, which became final with Johnson's signature, the national standard for daily exposure to fine particle pollution will drop from 65 micrograms per cubic meter to 35 micrograms per cubic meter. That's a significant change; under the tighter rules, an additional 32 counties in the U.S. will now have substandard air quality. At the same time, however, the agency decided to leave the annual standards for exposure to fine particles at their current level - 15 micrograms per cubic meter...
After chatting up a Home Depot employee, the rule-breaking rogue took all the necessary measurements, and was astonished to find that Home Depot was willing to cut all the lumber for him. A few boxes of screws and a power drill later, he was prepared to construct...
Next month is the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, the first popular revolt against Soviet domination in eastern Europe. Young Hungarians took to the streets of their capital on the Danube to raise their fist against communist rule before being crushed by Soviet tanks. Back then, in the midst of the uprising, the editors of Hungarian state radio announced to the country's stunned citizens that they had been lied to about the state of the economy and the activities of the government...
...slurping of homemade pasta, the soft pop of a cork from a bottle of Pinot Grigio and the lilt of Italian conversation are not typically heard off the coast of West Sumatra. But then the coast of West Sumatra is not, as a rule, home to people like Nanni Casalegno. The 62-year-old Italian quit his job and left his home in Turin in 1991, after finding his heaven on earth in Indonesia. In the 15 years since, the former insurance broker and his wife, Federica, have turned 0.9 km of pristine beach on the remote island of Cubadak...