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...Istie told police that one visitor who dropped by her home was MILF commander Mokasid Delna. That relationship is important, says Kit Collier, an Australian political scientist who recently compiled a report on combating terrorism in Southeast Asia for the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank. "Delna was in the same Afghan training camps in 1991 as Umar Patek, making him a key ally," Collier says. Zamboanga police chief Col. Lurimer Detran has told the media that Salahudin Hassan, who carried out the bombing at Edwin Andrews Air Base, is a relative of Delna...
Nevertheless, Bush Administration officials argue, with some justification, that this week's episode in the negotiations is big victory for their diplomacy with the North. "There's no question that the end of Yongbyan is significant," says Ralph Cossa, President of the Pacific Forum, a think tank affiliated with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. It eliminates the source of the plutonium that Kim has used to build his bombs...
...country's households falling below the poverty line (nearly half are already there). Uncertainty over the caretaker government's future has also led to a dip in foreign investment compared to previous years, according to a recent study published by the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a Dhaka-based think tank...
DIED With his round face, friendly eyes and messages about friendship, Thomas the Tank Engine quickly became a children's favorite when he debuted on British television in 1984. A creator of the original program, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, David Mitton wrote or directed 180 episodes and saw the show expand to the U.S., where Ringo Starr (and later, George Carlin) starred as Mr. Conductor. Mitton also worked on the popular series Thunderbirds and started his own children's-television production company. Ever devoted to his craft, Mitton was developing another project, a kids' series called Adventures...
...Despite these efforts, the company has yet to silence its critics around the world. "Coke has done 'greenwashing' very well," says Richard Girard, a researcher at the Polaris Institute, a left-leaning think tank in Ottawa. "They shifted their image to one of a green and socially responsible organization, but they're not changing their operations." Specifically, he faults the firm for not setting a target date for its water-neutrality goal, and for not establishing water-efficiency requirements for its agricultural suppliers...