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Useful Friends A new study released by the rand corporation and funded by the U.S. Defense Department claims that Pakistani intelligence agents and paramilitary forces have helped train Taliban insurgents, and have given them information about American troop movements in Afghanistan. "Every successful insurgency in Afghanistan since 1979 enjoyed safe haven in neighboring countries, and the current insurgency is no different," said the report's author, Seth Jones. "Right now, the Taliban and other groups are getting help from individuals within Pakistan's government, and until that ends, the region's long-term security is in jeopardy." The Pakistani military...
...that none were illegal immigrants. Even more shocking, some of them were straight men. One had been laid off from his long-held job as a local-news producer and saw an ad requiring language skills for foreign flights. One woman used to travel to Hooters restaurants to train waitstaff. She, I believe, just wanted to upgrade her wardrobe...
Bravo to Lisa Takeuchi Cullen for her article "What (Not) to Wear to Work" [June 9]. I have distributed it to every student I train for internship placement at a college-prep high school in San Diego. Unfortunately, many students think shorts are acceptable work attire. When students come to my office in shorts for an interview, I will not proceed--at which time they try to explain that they're wearing "dress shorts"! Jill Wien Badger, BONITA, CALIF...
...minimal. He hopes to sell 3,000 to 4,000 cars the first year; GM alone produces about 300,000 cars a month. Perhaps the Aptera will be used as part of a light-rail system where the commuter will hop into a small car waiting at the train station. Or perhaps the Aptera will serve as a model for cars of the future: lightweight, great gas mileage, and loaded with computer controls...
...this weekend by tanker-truck drivers that could cause fuel shortages. Even as Brown breathed a sigh of relief over his narrow escape in the Commons, civil servants were briefing him about an embarrassing security breach in which secret government documents about al-Qaeda were left on a commuter train...