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...Then again, most publications are on an advertising diet. And Condé Nast's official position on Anna's employment is unambiguous. "This is something both [chairman] Si Newhouse and Anna Wintour have blankly denied," says spokesman Patrick O'Connell. But still the stories persist. Replacement names are bandied about: Carine Roitfeld from French Vogue is a favorite, with Amy Astley from Teen Vogue as a dark filly. The most recent reports are that all the rumors are merely the result of jostling during new contract negotiations between Wintour and Newhouse. (Read a 1988 TIME article about Wintour...
...During his campaign, however, Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office - which would be May 20, 2010 - and so far has not publicly backed away from that promise. Indeed, as Obama prepared to meet with Pentagon officials yesterday, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said, "He will ask for planning to redeploy combat troops within 16 months." Senior officials in Iraq are making clear that they too are open to seeing U.S. troops depart ahead of schedule, setting the stage for a renegotiated U.S.-withdrawal deadline (See pictures of how Iraq's street...
...challenge facing Holbrooke is underscored by two Predator drone attacks on villages in North and South Waziristan on Friday that killed some 15 people, dashing Pakistani hopes that the Obama Administration would end the U.S. attacks on militant targets inside Pakistan, which Pakistani military spokesman Athar Abbas calls "counterproductive." There have been more than 30 such missile strikes in Pakistan since last August, and U.S. officials say they have eliminated several top al-Qaeda leaders. But Pakistan considers the strikes a violation of its sovereignty, and the accompanying civilian casualties have become a potent anti-American rallying point. Despite Pakistan...
...Protestors vow that their campaign is not over. "Of course I'm happy with today's announcements," Hördur Torfason, a spokesman for the protestors, told TIME. "But the day isn't over...
...Iran, al-Sadr has stayed out of view and said little about the elections. "Our main goal is to increase the numbers of independents and technocrats so they will be busy rebuilding the country, not their party's political agenda," says Sheik Salah al-Obeidi, al-Sadr's chief spokesman. "Our strategy is to fight against corruption and to rebuild...