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...device rather than books, maps and mobile phones." The gadget could be a real boon if something gets lost in translation - like the location of that elusive Roppongi nightclub or Tsukiji sushi house. To sign up for the trial, apply online at www.narita-airport.jp/e-navi. You then collect your PDA upon arrival at Narita...
...secret trip to Niger in 2002 at the CIA's request to determine if that country had sold a uranium ore known as yellowcake to Iraq, a key piece of evidence for the Administration's claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Wilson informed the CIA upon his return that he had found no evidence of an Iraqi purchase, yet the Administration continued to make the charge right up until the beginning of the war. After Wilson revealed his tale in July 2003, Plame's name may have been leaked in retaliation. TIME's online story, written chiefly...
...melee. Instructed to start shooting, Anderson held his fire--and the car turned out to be carrying only a startled family. Afterward, Anderson claims, his sergeants told him, "'Next time, you open fire, just in case.' Basically they have a standard procedure that if you're fired upon, you fire at everybody that's around." Without commenting on specific rules of engagement, a Pentagon spokesman vehemently rejected Anderson's description of the rules...
...even years, the long-term prospects for Hinzman, Anderson and the rest aren't too good. Unlike 35 years ago, Americans can't just stay in Canada indefinitely as landed immigrants. To be accepted as refugees, they have to show that they face a risk of actual persecution upon returning to the U.S. And one of their principal claims, that the war in Iraq violated international law, has been ruled irrelevant by the immigration board. That doesn't faze Hinzman, who is also prepared to argue that by serving in an "illegal war" he would be a participant...
Princeton philosopher Peter Singer argued in a recent New York Times review that Posner’s argument on this point is “bizarre.” But upon closer examination, it seems rather intuitive...