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...devastating civil war that shattered Afghanistan following the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. "The nation was fed up with them, so the Afghan people welcomed the Taliban. And now the government wants to bring them back? This is madness." Now the greatest military alliance in the world is hoping to transform Afghanistan's madness into some sort of normality. NATO now has 21,000 troops in its International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) - up from 9,000 in June - and will be adding thousands more by the end of the year, when it takes charge of security in the country's eastern...
...McCain had another, more personal agenda. His bid to transform himself from the insurgent challenger of the 2000 campaign into the establishment front-runner in the 2008 field has led him into some unlikely alliances - including the one formed by his peace-making visit earlier this year to see Jerry Fallwell at Liberty University. And it has led to charges, from Democrats and the camps of some presidential rivals, that McCain is sacrificing his straight-talk reputation for the support of big GOP donors and power-brokers...
...then, Chen had become an inspiration to a group of idealistic Chinese lawyers - themselves optimists about the power of law to transform Chinese society. These lawyers became legal activists for the legal activist. They publicized his case through essays circulated on the Internet. They filed complaints about his unlawful detention with officials at various levels of government. They kept the foreign media informed. They also tried, on a fairly regular basis, to meet with their client. They often failed - on at least one occasion, badly. In October when three of the lawyers - Xu Zhiyong, Li Subin and Li Fangping - tried...
...Hara seat by Giorgio Gurioli for Kundalini Transform your backyard into a hip Balearic hangout with the Modigliana, Italy-based Gurioli's Hara seat, a retrofuturist study in fiberglass. Available in orange, red and white and coated with UV-resistant lacquer, it could easily have arrived in a pop-cultural 1960s time capsule. http://kundalini.it...
...India, he exchanges his blue-and-red suit for more native garb. "Our strategy is to find best-in-class partners in those respective parts of the world and use their expertise and cultural knowledge," said Rothwell before exiting Marvel in late July. "We allow our characters to transform for the local culture...