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COMACO has been successful enough that the model should be adapted in other high-poaching areas, though it would require conservationists to rethink their methods. And they should - as population density and economic growth increase throughout the developing world, the ideal of the isolated, pristine nature preserve may become a thing of the past. Humans and wildlife will intersect, and only by taking care of people, can we take care of animals. "This is a virgin area, and we'll be testing it repeatedly," says Lewis. "But at least we have something on the ground. It's not theoretical...
...struggle to pick between them in the spring?), they are compelled to take classes that are uninteresting, poorly taught, full of busy work, or some combination thereof. Even in the midst of all this misery, many dream of pursuing a secondary field, an attractive complement to their primary area of expertise...
...Clinton field office feels posh by comparison. Set across two floors above a pizzeria, its carpeted waiting area is furnished with a glass coffee table and a leather couch. Mat-framed quotations from Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston adorn the walls. During lunchtime, a team of about two dozen volunteers worked the phones in the glow of a wall-mounted flat-panel TV. Here, too, a steely resolve is palpable. "There is an excitement in being able to participate in the democratic process," says Lynne Hertzog, a Clinton volunteer who spent two days canvassing door-to-door...
...behind many al-Qaeda operations, including a suicide bombing targeted at U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during his visit to Afghanistan last year; he is closely linked with both the Taliban movements in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Authorities have not confirmed the Tuesday morning attack, but sources in the area told the Associated Press that the compound may have belonged to a tribal leader linked to Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the newly unified Pakistani Taliban and the man charged by both the Pakistani government and the CIA with planning the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on December...
...allowed to conduct operations on Pakistani soil. Last month the President said in an interview with Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times that U.S. troops would be considered "invaders" if they crossed the border in the pursuit of al-Qaeda militants. However, similar Predator drone attacks in the area seem to indicate a certain level of cooperation between Pakistani and U.S. intelligence. In January of 2006, a botched American air strike in the town of Damadola, meant to take out al-Qaeda number two Ayman al Zawahiri, killed his son-in-law and some 16 civilians - earning Musharraf widespread criticism...