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...been a home to al-Qaeda-funded Islamist radicals since the early 1990s. The Ethiopians invaded to topple the Union of Islamic Courts (U.I.C.), which had ruled Mogadishu for six months and whose leader declared a jihad on Ethiopian troops then operating inside Somalia. According to insurgents I spoke to this summer in Mogadishu, U.S. intervention alongside Ethiopian forces - U.S. warplanes carried out at least two strikes on suspected Islamists in the south of the country in January, and a warship unleashed an artillery barrage on another group in the north of the country in June - radicalized the Somali insurgency...
...fourth quarter: I spoke too soon. The snap is fumbled and recovered by Penn's Tom Stone, giving the team the ball at its own 31. This many mistakes won't get you a win in New Haven next week...
...Year, I nominate Vladimir Putin because he decided to perpetuate himself as a leader, letting the world know he's going to be around for a long time, in and out of office. He won the 2014 Winter Olympics for Sochi, Russia; he went to Guatemala and spoke English to an international crowd. He is an influence on all points of the globe--whether for good or bad, time will tell...
...Kite Runner's producers hinted, it's crucial for art. It's also the backbone of ideals like democracy and human rights, as well as the protector of rather more tawdry material like reality TV and Internet porn. We reward those who reveal their private lives. When Oprah Winfrey spoke of her childhood sexual abuse, she became a goddess in a society convinced that it's good to talk. While thousands of courageous Muslims regularly speak out on taboo subjects, the reception is often not so warm. Five years ago, Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani gang-rape victim, defied tribal custom...
...talked about how we can work together to protect ourselves from the PKK." Bush said he had shared intelligence on the PKK with Erdogan, and opened a direct channel between Turkey's number two military official and the top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus. The President also spoke of cutting off the money flow to the PKK from within Iraq. Not bad for a country that supposedly has unsteady relations with...