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However, in Tarin Kowt, the capital of the province where the raid occurred, different and confusing claims are circulating. One allegation is that the U.S. made a mistake, attacking and killing provincial government soldiers who had gone to the area to accept a Taliban surrender and had been guarding the munitions stored in a local school and the district headquarters. A man claimed that two bodies were found with hands bound and shot in the head; furthermore, that 22 to 40 soldiers and a number of civilians were killed in the raid. The fear in Tarin Kowt is that...
...Tansy learns the rules of the new Asia soon enough: do not accept drugs from men on strange motorcycles unless they're offering cocaine; do hook up as soon as possible with whatever group is desperate enough to accept you. And she starts down the backpacking trail with equal measures of complaint and courage. Her journey is prosaic in the extreme, filled with hearty Aussie backpackers, haughty French, outwardly friendly but inscrutable native guides, beachside bars in Cambodia, beachside bars in Thailand, etc. Although Tansy enjoys it, the strongest sensation the reader is likely to get from her trip...
...transport authority, he battled unruly unions and a waffling Socialist government to end an era of incessant, paralyzing strikes. As president of Air France from 1993-97, Blanc brought the airline from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability - and partial privatization - by alternatively cajoling and compelling rebellious staff to accept his tough-love restructuring program. Now, in a move that could culminate in a presidential bid later this year, Blanc, 59, has targeted his biggest challenge yet: France's enormous administrative and governmental structure...
University President Lawrence H. Summers announced his intention Thursday to accept the recommendations of the committee formed as a compromise...
Last week, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced his decision to accept the major recommendations of the Katz Committee and to implement a wage increase for many of Harvard’s poorest workers. His choice is a wise one, as it will result in tangible and immediate wage increases for Harvard’s lowest-paid workers...