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...disrupt Sunni guerrilla operations and destroy training camps used by foreign and Iraqi terrorists. Haditha sits on the Euphrates along a corridor of lush green hills and ravines that U.S. officers say has become a vital ratline for jihadist recruits crossing from Syria and a rest-and-recoup zone for fighters from the violent Sunni triangle. Patrolling on foot and in convoy, Marines have the job of flushing the rebels...
...their favorite Nick shows online, sometimes even before they air on cable. Through a deal with Verizon Wireless, Nick loyalists can download three-minute videos of Blue's Clues or other shows on their mom or dad's cell phones. Even the family car is now a Nick zone: in a partnership with General Motors, episodes of Nick's series are programmed into GM Chevy Uplander SUVs equipped with specially designed portable digital systems...
...much of southern Europe, desiccated by one of the worst droughts of the last 60 years, wildfires are raging - and tempers are rising. All of Portugal, where fires are consuming an estimated 1,000 hectares a day, has been declared a severe drought zone. Spain, where rainfall in the first half of the year was 35% below average, is still in a political clinch over a July 16 blaze that killed 11 firefighters; the opposition Popular Party claims the Socialist government didn't act quickly enough to bring the situation under control. Such political battles could intensify, since experts warn...
...only participating in one sport I get much more excited about it. I am able to focus on the sport to perform better. When I am playing more sports I often go to one sport to the next. Doing this does not allow me to get in my "zone" and I do not perform up to my potential. When playing several sports it is difficult for me to remember some parts of the game and much harder to execute. I have heard the comment from several different coaches that I seem to settle in the second half and play with...
...CNOOC to buy U.S. energy firm Unocal threatens national security. So it came as a shock when People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.) Major General Zhu Chenghu, 53, told a group of foreign reporters in Beijing that "if the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition onto the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons." He warned that the U.S. "will have to be prepared that hundreds of cities will be destroyed...