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...Coldsteel Company swarm into a clutch of farmhouses as a platoon of Estonian infantry closes from the rear. The Americans are part of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment's operation to seal off a stretch of villages hugging the Euphrates in the Jafr Sakhr region, about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad. "Go round 'em up," a U.S. officer hollers, and male villagers of military age--one with his crying 3-year-old clinging to his neck--are sifted out. A humvee approaches and stops in front of the lined-up Iraqis. From within, a passenger, face masked, raises...
...visiting my girlfriend for the holidays, so the preacher didn’t know me well enough to get me in on the action. As a Jew from the Southwest, this brand of Southern Christianity was new to me. But sitting in the pews and watching Brashear do his thing, I wanted to be a part of this congregation. I wanted to be prodded and made fun of and forced to participate. I wanted to be such an important part of the community that the pastor needed my “amen...
...meteorological terms, lost a few dozen lives. Or consider the worldwide AIDS epidemic, in which the impoverished countries of sub-Saharan Africa, with just 11% of the world's population, have 64% of the cases and 74% of the deaths. Or consider that both Darfur, Sudan, and the U.S. Southwest are suffering from deep and persistent droughts. In Sudan, the droughts have led to hunger, disease and bloodshed, while in the U.S. the droughts have led to economic loss but not loss of life...
...there are signs of hope. JetBlue Airways, the New York--based low-cost carrier (and one that virtually never cancels a flight) has lowered its already low fares: flights across the country are as low as $85. And Southwest Airlines is offering similar fares...
...cost airlines like Southwest and JetBlue have long embraced such customer-friendly policies, but Delta is by far the biggest carrier to make such changes (America West Airlines started offering fairer fares in March 2002, followed by Alaska Airlines in February 2004). The airline hasn't published specific fares yet, but when it rolled out a test program in Cincinnati in August 2004, the highest ticket price to anywhere was $499 ($599 in first class). The delta.com website is also being revamped to ease the search for cheaper fares, as well as allowing passengers to get refunds and change tickets...