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...Afghanistan Far from ending the conflict in Afghanistan, President Obama came into office declaring it the "war of necessity", and immediately ordered a further 21,000 U.S. troops into the fight. Since then, the sheer scale of the challenge has become apparent to his Administration, particularly after his commander on the ground said a further 40,000 troops were needed to turn the situation around. Even if, as now seems possible, Obama seeks a political solution in Afghanistan that involves some sort of power-sharing deal with the Taliban, the implementation of that policy won't look much like peacemaking...
...through the analysis of this data that researchers hope to fill in the missing theoretical pieces. “This energy scale is so interesting because something has to happen,” added Huth. “At this energy scale, the theory basically breaks down unless something new happens and we don’t have a really good idea of what...
Because budget cuts have forced the admissions office to scale back on school visits and mailings, officers have been encouraged to reach out to students individually via e-mail. Undergraduates are also running a message board for the first time this year on the admissions Web site to answer questions about the process...
...previous years, the Taliban would scale down their attacks because of winter blizzards, but a NATO logistics officer says the militants now have the capacity to launch ambushes on supply routes year round. The Taliban are also widening the scope of their attacks so that convoys rumbling across two-thirds of the country are now prey to attack, usually by roadside bombs or a well-laid ambush in which rocket-propelled grenades are fired at the lead vehicle, forcing the convoy to a deadly standstill...
...wonder nobody has ever come forward to blow the whistle on the Swiss banks before - and with this mind-set, the government is guaranteeing that nobody will come forward again and disclose information about tax fraud on this scale," says Dean Zerbe, a tax attorney representing Birkenfeld in his dealings with the IRS. Zerbe also served as tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee; in 2006 it revised the tax code to include whistle-blower protections...