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...that couldn't be helped.' FUMIO KYUMA, Japanese Defense Minister, in a June 30 speech at a university in Chiba, outside Tokyo. Kyuma was forced to resign after his remarks-which suggested the U.S. had no alternative but to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945-drew widespread criticism from outraged politicians and the Japanese public, who consider the bombings unjustified...
...pulse of Middle America even more than Justice O'Connor did." In the last week of the term, Kennedy joined 5-4 opinions upholding the power of school principals to discipline students and limiting challenges to public funding of religion. Those aren't likely to provoke a widespread rebellion...
...certainly the most wholesome spin for the growing movement among U.S. malls to take back the night from the hordes of rowdy teenagers scaring away older customers. A decade ago, Minnesota's massive Mall of America became one of the first in the industry to rise up against the widespread use of the mall as babysitter, and dozens of shopping centers have followed suit in the past two years. Some 46 of the 1,200 enclosed malls in the U.S. have adopted parental-escort policies, and others are likely to join them soon, according to the International Council of Shopping...
...actually is." Operation Phantom Thunder, the nationwide offensive launched by U.S. and Iraqi troops in mid-June, may well be the last major U.S-led offensive of the war. "We couldn't really call it what it is, Operation Last Chance," says a senior military official. There is widespread awareness among the military and diplomatic players in Baghdad that, with patience dwindling in Washington, they have only until September - when Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are due to give Congress a progress report - to show significant gains in taming the jihadist insurgency and in arresting the country's descent into civil...
...Widespread scrutiny of Malaysia's court system arose nearly a decade ago when former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was convicted of sodomy and abuse of power, a ruling condemned by human-rights groups. Already, hints of legal impropriety have stained this case. The original lead prosecutor was removed from his position after it became known that he often played badminton with the presiding judge...