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...However, when this issue became a political controversy and was raised in the Indian parliament, the factual information was provided and published in the media in India. I. Ramamohan Rao Information Consultant Government of India Ministry of Defense New Delhi Supporting Task Force 88 I was quoted out of context in your article "Police Academy 1" [Nov. 24]. I was not asked by your correspondent to comment on the U.S. government's antiterrorist training provided to the Indonesian police unit Task Force 88. Rather, I was commenting on human-rights issues related to the police's Mobile Brigade. The placement...
POSSIBLE PLOT U.S. intelligence has learned that al-Qaeda is particularly interested in South African passport holders because the network believes South Africans enjoy visa-free entry into many countries. The U.S. is not specifically cited in this context...
...goes for plants as well as people. For accompanying an earlier snowmelt, scientists note, is an earlier start to the growing season, which means that the demand for water by forests, marshes and grasslands--not to mention agricultural crops, lawns and putting greens--is bound to rise. In this context, a "normal" amount of precipitation may not be sufficient; and when precipitation drops below normal, as it has in recent years, the stress on trees and plants is all the more extreme...
...film's scientific approach to life's mysteries may rile some religious conservatives. One onscreen participant, Columbia philosopher David Albert, has already complained that his remarks, which appear to support the film's spiritual premise, were taken out of context. (The filmmakers deny it.) Yet for its fans, the film is striking a chord. "There are a lot of people in metaphysical closets out there," says Arntz...
...current electoral context will give students a clear opportunity to apply and evaluate the concepts learned in class,” she wrote. “In fact, I will expect them...