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...which hopefully should help them enter the school year better prepared and on a more equal level with other kids. This is for all the kids in New York State eligible for those programs - 850,000 kids - and it takes advantage of the federal stimulus package, which offers support to states with programs that qualify, like this one. I put up 20% of the cost and the state put up the rest. (Read "George Soros - Power Giver...
...person who was focusing [most] of his attention on Pakistan and trying to create a disturbance here rather than Afghanistan," says Shaukat Qadir, a retired army brigadier turned analyst. "His followers will probably shift focus back to Afghanistan. This is one of the reasons why he lost support among his own tribesmen...
...mujahedin leader Jalaluddin Haqqani has used his madrassas in Waziristan to mount vicious attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Similarly, Mullah Omar, the leader of the Afghan Taliban, may intervene to back one of the men in contention. Aftab Sherpao, Pakistan's former Interior Minister, says Omar's support was crucial to Mehsud's ambitions when the Pakistani Taliban was formed...
...Soon, people from all over France were sending Picat letters of support, some accompanied by checks and cash. At first she sent it all back. "I wasn't doing any of this for money," she later told the press. "But when people insisted, I decided I'd put it in a bank account the children could use later...
...Then she did one better. Encouraged by the support of strangers from all over France, Picat decided to write a book. The Courage of a Mother explains why she felt the need to seek the public attention she would never be comfortable with. Published in March, it quickly became a best seller with more than 65,000 copies sold. Picat has put the money from the book away for her kids; she did the same when the film rights were sold. (See the top 10 nonfiction books...