Word: withdraws
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...avoided any direct comment on the continued concern that Iran is close to developing its first nuclear weapon. The war in Iraq, which has thus far claimed the lives of 13 soldiers in February, has been put under review - but the President has resisted specific comments about plans to withdraw troops. Meanwhile, the military has continued - some would argue increased - regular remote-control missile attacks on suspected terrorists in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan with only minimal comment from the White House. (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...
...going to march to their business offices, to where the rats hide, to single them out, and we will take the offices if necessary, we will surround them and block them up, demanding right there, in the nest of the rats where the Zionist capital is, that they withdraw from Gaza," said one of the leaders of the marches, Juan Beica, of the fringe left-wing group Convergencia Socialista, in an interview on the popular Radio 10 station after the march against Elsztain's office...
...spearheading an effort to bring an ATM to 64 Linnaean St., in light of the inconvenience and safety issues stemming from the lack of ATMs in close proximity to the Quad. Quad residents said this has forced them to trek to either Porter Square or Harvard Square to withdraw cash—a concern highlighted when students need money for cab fare or midnight snacks. But a Harvard University Police Department representative at the meeting said HUPD would prioritize safety over convenience, citing the risks associated with installing an ATM in a residential area, which include increased foot traffic...
...changed for the better only after March 2008, when local units of the Iraqi army - trained by the Brits and in control of the region from September 2007 - launched an operation to disperse the militias. Now violence has been replaced by an uneasy calm, and with Britain preparing to withdraw all but a small rump of its 4,100 troops by May 31, Basra is daring to dream of peace. (See pictures of Basra back in business...
Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz has called for a “counter-disinvestment campaign” against Hampshire College unless the school explicitly denies claims that their recent decision to withdraw from a mutual fund represents an act of divestment from Israel. Hampshire administrators decided earlier this month to withdraw investments from a State Street mutual fund with holdings in six companies contracting with the Israeli military, after a college student group, Students for Justice in Palestine, petitioned the school to divest because of the companies’ ties to what students called “Israel?...