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After Ono finished her presentation, Jenkins too emerged from the bag—belt conspicuously unbuckled, prompting gentle laughter from the audience...
...comes to it, some Pashtuns are itching for a fight. In the tribal belt just south of Peshawar, Pashtun elders announced they had recruited 12,000 volunteers to fight a holy war if the U.S. sends in ground troops. One commander from an eastern Afghan province was recently in Peshawar exploring the monetary incentives on offer for a mutiny against his Taliban ruler in Kandahar. He was approached by one of his fighters: "Is it true American soldiers wear boots that cost 5,000 rupees [about $80] each? I could sell them in the bazaar." In the same province, recounted...
...only after any U.S. attacks begin. Once that happens, the Afghans will be allowed to stay in spartan camps just inside the frontier. Providing for them will be a formidable challenge. Already, officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are scouting out locations within the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. Pakistan's government estimates a need for about 100 new camps, each able to shelter 10,000 people. "Water is scarce," says UNHCR's spokesman Rupert Colville in Quetta, "There has been a drought for three years." Relief officials say as many as 10,000 Afghans may have...
...announced last week that the University’s endowment slipped 2.7 percent during the last fiscal year, to $18.3 billion. Hewlett said that there was no discssion of belt-tightening measures or future planning—but added that no one asked...
...Another attack on the home front. A Pentagon stumble abroad. Something as rational as a widespread consumer belt-tightening. At this point, it wouldn?t take much. So what?s another 50 points? This is no time for Greenspan to wager his legacy on standing still...