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...that escalated into a public-relations disaster for the Australian Defence Force and the Howard government. Now the ADF's image is under assault again. Last month, a man claiming to have served eight years in the Australian Army published on Youtube.com pictures and videos that appear to feature serious wrongdoing by Diggers during 2004 and 2005 operations in Baghdad...
...Working Group, which initially brought the accusations against Douglass, said on Friday that the professor’s donation discredits the impartiality of Harvard’s review. “There is nothing wrong with donating a million dollars to your employer, but it does create a potentially serious conflict of interest when the recipient of the million dollars is investigating the ethics of the donor,” the group’s senior vice-president, Richard Wiles, said in a statement. Douglass did not respond to repeated requests for comment at his home and office. Likewise, officials...
...schools that are at the coattails of the Ivies have to have a serious look at what’s going on,” Stoneham said. “The next tier down will be the ones to watch...
...Though he constantly looks like he has just been punched in the face, Hartnett tries his darnedest to be a serious actor and acquits himself decently. Johansson merely manages to look sexy in 40’s outfits and accomplishes nothing in her role. Eckert is predictably volatile and under utilized. Swank is just bizarre...
...Israel has done "serious" contingency planning for a strike on Iran. Its air force, according to Jones, has conducted a number of training exercises useful for an Iran strike, such as simulated long-range air attacks. Jones says there are also signs that Israel has stepped up its collection of electronic intelligence in the Persian Gulf and against Arab countries that its jets might have to pass over for an attack. But how serious Israel is about actually carrying out a strike "is a separate story," he says. "I think the likelihood at the moment is pretty...