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...Darnton arrogantly and ignorantly attempts to destroy the reputation of the entire Fourth Estate of the United States—indeed one of the great pillars of our democratic system. Moreover, he clearly has little respect for his distinguished brother, John Darnton, who succeeded me as East European Bureau Chief for The New York Times, and who has spent 40 years as a journalist for that eminent institution where he won the Pulitzer Prize for describing the rise of Solidarity and the strikes at the shipyards of Gdansk, Poland...
...Zimbabwe faces a critical moment in a history riddled with political problems. Since Zimbabwean independence in 1980, President Mugabe has led a nation gripped by economic recession and hyperinflation; according to the Kenya Standard, inflation rates now reach up to 20 million percent. Mugabe, as the chief decision-maker in Zimbabwe, has attempted reforms whose failed results he has blamed on indeterminable interference by Western states, such as Zimbabwe’s one-time colonizer, Great Britain. Amidst all this economic trouble, Zimbabwe continues to enforce strict restrictions on distribution of aid across the country. Any improvements for life...
Still, Harvard’s returns to June 30 have garnered the management company—and its interim chief executive, Robert S. Kaplan—accolades among analysts and investors...
...were surveillance - transmitting video back to their ground-based controllers - many involved launching missiles at enemy targets. "The combat contributions of unmanned aircraft systems in today's fight have surpassed all expectations and hold even greater promise for the future," said General Norton Schwartz, the Air Force's new chief of staff, in announcing the staffing shift...
...without prior Pakistani approval - a change approved by President Bush in July. That raid, which Pakistan's military says killed up to 20 people including civilians, triggered angry criticism across Pakistan. As the protector of his country's sovereignty and nervous about rising anti-American sentiment, Pakistan's army chief issued an unprecedented warning in response to the raid. "No external force is allowed to conduct operations inside Pakistan," Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said. The statement was cheered by an anxious public and, in a sign of the military's influence, it was echoed by leading members of the government...