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Value of the national debt--which translates into $30,000 for each individual in the U.S.--up from $5.7 trillion when President Bush was sworn into office...
...well lead to the collection of vast numbers of communications involving U.S. citizens at home. Congress must make sure that the new law requires independent court review and that it protects the privacy of innocent Americans, as required by the Constitution. That's not tone-deaf; that's our sworn and solemn duty...
...transitional government in Mogadishu has fractured, with clan loyalties trumping unity. In October, President Yusuf Abdullah fired Prime Minster Ali Mohammed Gedi. (On Nov. 24, in the latest attempt to forge a working government, Nur Hassan Hussain, the longtime president of Somalia's Red Crescent Society, was sworn in as Prime Minister.) Government forces stormed the U.N. World Food Program compound in October and briefly took its head of mission hostage. And the jihadis are regrouping. Ayro, now recovered, is back in Mogadishu at the head of the UIC militia. He recently issued a proclamation hailing bin Laden and calling...
Just a few hours after having been sworn in for a second five-year term as President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf addressed the nation, saying that because of his declaration of emergency rule on November 3 "the democratic process is continuing... we have won lots of success against terrorism...
...burgundy tie, Hashim Thaci smiles and rolls his eyes as the power blinks out again in his office in downtown Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. "Some government," he groans. Following elections on Nov. 17, the former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or KLA, is expected to be sworn in soon as Kosovo's Prime Minister. If he and other Kosovo Albanian leaders declare independence from Serbia by early next year, as is widely expected, Thaci will become the Prime Minister of a newly sovereign state. The former guerrilla leader dismisses fears that Kosovo's proposed "unilateral declaration of independence...