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...awash with guns, the boot camp is having difficulty obtaining weapons for training. Requests must go through the Ministry of Defense, the turf of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who boasts a personal army of at least 18,000 men. In the run up to the loya jirga?an assembly to select a transitional government?current ministers are looking to shore up their own power. Fahim's support comes from his private troops, not the country's. To him, their needs take precedence, so the ANA must make do with only partially filled orders for gear. "Supporting a new U.S.-trained army...
...inhabitants, with 12,000 new immigrants arriving every month. Its subscription fees have made the game a gold mine for its owner, Sony, and helped put a relatively obscure genre--the massively multiplayer game--on the map. This week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, a select few VIPs will get an early glimpse of EverQuest II, a sequel likely to trigger another Norrath population boom. The game has become a global addiction so quickly that insiders jokingly refer to it as "Evercrack...
Meanwhile, the Sixth Circuit is facing another conflict: Judge Danny Bloggs, in an appendix to his dissenting opinion, implied that court policy had been contravened in order to select judges favorable to Michigan's cause. His claim was a "new low," said Sixth Circuit colleague Judge Karen Nelson Moore, and would irreparably damage "already strained working relationships." Could the Supreme Court fix those too? --By Amanda Bower
...golden nuggets of bakhur, or incense, pack miniscule shops, some barely large enough to hold their proprietors. Rows of unlabeled glass bottles, filled with fragrant oils, are the basis for Omani perfumes. In the shops, Omani women, clad from head to toe in black, extend hennaed hands to select and combine their favorite scents. An Omani woman may be quiet and modest when she walks past, but her signature aroma can't be missed...
Professors also worried that the new rules might encourage students to select easier classes to inflate their grades...