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...campaign launched in March by U.S.-led forces against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters who have been regrouping in sanctuaries along the border with Pakistan. On Thursday his special-forces unit was on patrol with Afghan militia near the isolated mud-brick village of Spera, about 25 miles southwest of the nearest U.S. firebase, at Khost...
While the directors of the IFF would like to see the festival grow and begin to incorporate other artistic media, Redmond believes it should always stay true to its cinematic roots. “South by Southwest is a good example, even though it was not started as a film festival,” says Redmond. “They have a good sense of reality, balance, in that they attract celebrities but also feature great independent films. We would like to incorporate artists of all types, as well...
...case of a successful businesswoman who wants to know whether her suitors are after her for love or money. As in all the other books, McCall Smith draws heavily on his happy childhood years in what was then Rhodesia. He praises the "quiet decency" of Botswana, which lies just southwest of Zimbabwe and which McCall Smith, whose day job is teaching medical law at the University of Edinburgh, got to know while helping set up the law school in Gaborone in the early '80s. "In Botswana, even in the small transactions of life, people pay attention to each other...
...Pennsylvania players, on the other hand, have a brilliant reputation to live up to. They have been going like wild-fire, beating Yale and the crack team of the University of Arizona, visiting in this section as the polo champions of the Southwest. They may shock some of the more staid members of the polo-playing community...
...Hungarian carrier, starts service in Eastern Europe in May, with an average one-way fare of $60. Even farther south, Qantas, Australia's biggest airline, begins service linking more than a dozen cities on Jetstar, going head to head with Virgin Blue. In the U.S., veteran no-frills flyer Southwest Airlines will take on U.S. Airways in Philadelphia. Southwest will offer $198 round-trip fares to cities like Phoenix, Ariz., and Las Vegas; USAir vows to make it a nasty fight. --By Barbara Kiviat...