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...appealed for international support by arguing that its Islamist enemies were in league with al-Qaeda. The "nation-building" objective of restoring the central government's authority in a failed state and the counterterror objective of eliminating three key Qaeda operatives appear in this instance to have worked in tandem...
...ACSR and CCSR generally act in tandem. This year, the committees disagreed on only one resolution—a proposal by Chevron to protect key natural sites. The ACSR recommended against the proposal, but the CCSR ultimately voted in favor...
...There's something to be said for having English law working in tandem with the Sharia council," says Aina Khan, a London solicitor who specializes in finding solutions under English law that are compatible with Islamic law. "It's faster for the court and would save thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of pounds of taxpayers' money." The average cost of hearing a case through a Sharia council is a mere $200. Complainants appeal separately to the council - a group of imams and solicitors - who decide on a resolution to suit both parties either by consensus, or by majority vote...
...there’s an important thread that links each of these separate events, and it’s not police brutishness or the unsurprising frequency of “foreign” victims’ names. More significant is the proliferation of cheap camera technology in tandem with aggregation sites like YouTube.com, which has enabled the average citizen to play the role of reporter. Describing events from a witness box is one thing, but the accuracy and clarity of video is a likely trump card in the hands of the victim, especially when hundreds of thousands of people have...
...McGrath, Craig McDermott and Jason Gillespie on the list. At times, fans have been too spoiled to appreciate how good they've had it. Most Australians would choose Dennis Lillee/Jeff Thomson as the country's best postwar pace pairing. And for speed, menace and charisma, they were. But in tandem, Lillee and Thomson took 148 wickets; McGrath and Gillespie have 376. As the highest wicket-taker in Test history, Warne's clippings would fill a small library. But the man condemned by fate to be his understudy, Stuart MacGill, has the better strike rate (wickets per balls bowled...