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...hundreds of medical clinics and building roads, wells and schools across the country's mostly Muslim south, where for decades poverty and neglect undermined allegiance to Manila. Separatist movements have simmered in the south since the Philippines was a Spanish colony. Indeed, U.S. troops were first sent to the southern provinces over a century ago to subdue rebellious Moro tribespeople. "You can see civilians working well with the military and supporting [its civic] projects," says Yusop Jikiri, a congressman for Sulu, the province of which Jolo is the capital. "But what happened in the past is still in their hearts...
...atrophied in mid-2007," according to the International Crisis Group. In the past two years, M.I.L.F. members have rescued several Filipinos and foreigners kidnapped by bandits, and the organization remains in uneasy peace mode. But some officials worry that Abu Sayyaf operatives could find sanctuary in parts of the southern islands that are under M.I.L.F. control. Janjalani, as well as some of his supporters, had been allowed to stay in a camp at the junction of four M.I.L.F. command zones. A high-ranking police officer who asked not to be named says he believes the M.I.L.F. is helping Abu Sayyaf...
...weight or increase activity, the job pretty much ends here. Parents, however, have it harder; they have to think about the whole child. "If dealing with my daughter's weight issues was as simple as following a few nutritional and exercise guidelines, she wouldn't be overweight," says a Southern California mom. "But the whole thing is so much bigger and messier than that. I don't just care about what she weighs; I care about her growing up healthy and happy and feeling good about herself. And that is where it gets difficult...
...Coke knows the risks well. In 2002, residents of Plachimada, a village in India's southern state of Kerala, accused the company's bottling plant there of depleting and polluting groundwater. Two years later, the local government forced Coke to shut down the plant. In 2006, when a New Delhi research group found high levels of pesticides in Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's locally produced soft drinks, several Indian states banned their sale. The incidents were particularly worrisome because they hurt Coke's brand in a rapidly developing market that's considered key to future growth...
...Play to Your Strength Perhaps the fastest way to send a message about who you are is to pick someone who appears to be ... just like you. In 1992, Bill Clinton picked another Southern baby boomer with a moderate record and a full head of hair. Then Clinton, Al Gore and their wives took a bus trip that looked like a rolling scene from The Big Chill. Picking Gore reinforced Clinton's claim to be part of a new generation of Democratic pols, liberated from the tired (and losing) politics of the past...