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...special forces, Dostum, who at 48 is graying and developing a middle-aged spread, has picked up the politically correct patter of the country post-Taliban. "We must never repeat the mistakes of the past," he recently told a convention of robed Islamic clergy. "Now is the time to defend ourselves not with tanks and armed corps but by the rule of law and establishing political parties." His rhetoric has persuaded at least one European diplomat based in Kabul to remark, "Dostum has made the transition to politician far quicker than most Afghan leaders. He's hung up his fatigues...
...such crimes, but say they are increasingly routine. Earlier this year, two boys were convicted of beating to death a banker on a Tokyo train platform?a nihilistic attack whose impulse was disdain. Survivors rarely talk about what happened to them because they're ashamed they couldn't defend themselves. "Men my age are afraid to walk home alone at night," confesses Jinsuke Kageyama, 54, a criminologist in Tokyo. "We call our wives to pick us up at the train station...
...divine calling to find banaba tea. Along the way he tracks down the kidnapped father of the film's love interest, played by Joyce Jimenez, a buxom star of Philippine movies. Ogami, in heavy makeup, dodges bullets and wields samurai swords among a cast of 1,000 to defend the country from the white man. "He did well for a first-timer," insists director Toto Natividad, whose resume lists 45 Philippine action films. But while close-ups make clear the physical training and cosmetic surgery Ogami underwent for the role, he had apparently decided against acting lessons. "His name...
...special forces, Dostum, who at 48 is graying and developing a middle-aged spread, has picked up the politically correct patter of the country post-Taliban. "We must never repeat the mistakes of the past," he recently told a convention of robed Islamic clergy. "Now is the time to defend ourselves not with tanks and armed corps but by the rule of law and establishing political parties." His rhetoric has persuaded at least one European diplomat based in Kabul to remark, "Dostum has made the transition to politician far quicker than most Afghan leaders. He's hung up his fatigues...
...power, and both sides know it. What is the logic? For the U.S., land mines come in handy when its intervention forces in the Balkans or the Middle East need protection against a counterattack. Ditto missile defense: invulnerability to nuclear strikes makes it so much easier to, say, defend Taiwan against a Chinese assault. Or to go after Saddam and his chemical-tipped Scuds. Why does Bush dislike the ICC? Obviously, he does not want international bodies passing judgment on U.S. nationals involved in military actions not sanctified by U.N. resolutions. For the others, the object is precisely the opposite...