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Though the relatively steep prices might put Metro in the once-in-a-while category with the likes of Sandrines and Harvest, dinner there, or breakfast or lunch for that matter, would definitely be a treat...
...strategic city of Mazar-I-Sharif has been joined in full, and it?s not going to be as easy as Northern Alliance commanders had hoped. After launching an assault on the city from the south and southwest in coordination with U.S. bombing support, Alliance troops have met steep resistance from the elite troops of the Taliban opposition - battle-hardened Uzbeks, Chechens, Pakistanis and Saudis...
...showy impatience, much of the Alliance doesn't look war-ready. Near Khoja Bahauddin, on the Taliqan front, the Alliance must move its tanks across a steep-banked river before it can even think of mounting an offensive. That's not to say an Alliance breakthrough is impossible, especially if American strikes against the Taliban pick up. But even the most confident Alliance soldiers say it won't happen soon. "War is in our blood," says Safaullah, a fighter in Dasht-i-Qala. "We'll fight for centuries if we have...
...showy impatience, much of the Alliance doesn't look war-ready. Near Khoja Bahauddin, on the Taliqan front, the Alliance must move its tanks across a steep-banked river before it can even think of mounting an offensive. That's not to say an Alliance breakthrough is impossible, especially if American strikes against the Taliban pick up. But even the most confident Alliance soldiers say it won't happen soon. "War is in our blood," says Safaullah, a fighter in Dasht-i-Qala. "We'll fight for centuries if we have...
...even as demand soared, controversy erupted in the U.S. over the steep price of Cipro, which sells under different names across Europe. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said negotiations were underway with Bayer to relax its patent on Cipro; the company wouldn?t comment. No wonder: a month?s supply of Cipro retails for a steep $350 in the U.S., while the generic version in India costs about $10. The Cipro patent has expired in Germany but will run until December...