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...steered passenger planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, peace wasn?t one of them. But the shockwaves that rippled across the globe after the attacks on New York and Washington didn?t just bring war. Last week they proved to have one unforeseen, positive effect as changing attitudes to terrorism helped push the faltering Northern Ireland peace process decisively forward...
However, the apparent hypocrisy in some Muslim nations’ calls for peace during Ramadan is not the primary reason the United States should continue to pursue its objectives in Afghanistan. This is not a war about religion; it is a war about eradicating terrorism. Unforeseen complications and unintended consequences play a role in every war. In this case, damage has already been inflicted on the civilian populace of Afghanistan; several hospitals and a United Nations facility have been destroyed by bombs. Despite these unfortunate effects of the bombing campaign, America’s first priority has remained achieving...
...Many have discussed globalization as an unforeseen casualty of terror - and nowhere would the sting of American withdrawal be felt more keenly than in Mexico, where a new President promised Mexicans a new, mutually beneficial relationship with the U.S. (That could still happen, of course, if plans to establish a North American security zone gain momentum...
...thought of this as I watched the airline executives come to Congress to ask for a massive infusion of cash, which they got Thursday ($5 billion in emergency cash and $10 billion in loan guarantees). They should get help for the unforeseen harm that's hit them. But this is a corporate CEO bailout as well. The airlines were in deep trouble before Sept. 11. US Airways was so rickety that its chairman had recently sought to save himself with a merger with United Airlines. This week, he announced that 11,000 employees would lose their jobs, without...
...royal families of Europe after everyone had spent a few hundred years marrying their first cousins," says American author Stephen Budiansky in The Truth About Dogs, published in Britain this year. Playing with genetics is complicated by the fact that breeding to emphasize one characteristic can have unforeseen consequences in the complex biological interaction between genes. Dalmatians are prone to deafness, maybe due to some genetic link between hearing and white pigmentation. Dogs with large irregular patches and splotches are less prone, but prize-winning Dalmatians have small spots on a large expanse of white coat - the genetic characteristics that...