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...problems of a different order. In Afghanistan and in the the Israel-Palestine morass, Bush has pursued goals that are widely shared by other nations. Iraq--where the U.S. and its ally Britain waged a pre-emptive war against a regime that had not yet acted against their own vital interests--is another matter. By the Administration's own lights, Iraq is the centerpiece of its foreign policy because it is only there that the U.S. is directly attempting to midwife the birth of a peaceful, democratic state that can act as a model for the Islamic world...
...INDICATORS Drug Deal On the eve of talks in Cancún, the World Trade Organization's executive council approved a deal granting poor countries access to cheaper drugs, after the body's 146 members had agreed to ease patent rules for vital treatments...
...abundance of flamed maple (also called curly sycamore), the strikingly grained wood of choice for the back of violins. More specifically, it's an aberration normally found in only one in a thousand sycamores, whose wavy fibers produce exceptional resonance. The Gliga factory has immediate access to this vital resource and in Vasile Gliga a keen and experienced eye. "When I see a log, I automatically know how many violins I can get out of it," he says. Each stack of spruce or maple is tagged with details of the year it was cut and the specific part...
...army, which feared some of its officers might be named as scapegoats, strongly opposed the creation of the committee. But Knesset officials insist that it is vital to examine Israel's intelligence methods in the event other countries in the Middle East, such as Iran, threaten Israel with these kinds of lethal weapons. The committee expects to produce a summary of its findings in six months, though the full report will be classified. --By Matt Rees
HUPD Chief Francis D. “Bud” Riley said he has never kept information vital to campus security under wraps...