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America cannot afford to alienate Muslims, Arabs or any other ethnic or national group in its War on Terror. Success depends not on military victory but in persuading other nations and people to cooperate and share information in the interest of mutual security. A lasting solution to global terrorism will only come when America can both eradicate terrorism and unambiguously hold the moral high ground. Incidents like those described in this Red Cross report, then, handicap this country’s ability to defeat terror. Although torturing prisoners may yield some helpful strategic information, it is an indefensible and illegal...
...reduced to a mere 78 personnel, and a reborn police force under the close watch of foreign advisers, the mission's youthful bureaucrats are taking charge of battered economic and development institutions. The economy has gone steadily backward: per-capita income has fallen 50% since independence in 1978. The ethnic tensions and brutality of 1998-2003 masked a chronic illness in Solomon Islands, for which there is no off-the-shelf cure. "Our leaders have not lived up to the expectations of the people that have put them into power," says Central Bank governor Rick Hou, one of the country...
...Although business confidence has improved because of ramsi's presence, "the underlying economic situation is fragile," says bank governor Hou. "We had a narrow-based economy to start with, and the ethnic tensions only made things worse." Also of concern, he adds, is that "many items of expenditure have been taken over by foreign governments - Australia has taken over rural health, New Zealand is paying for education. There's also police, speed boats and vehicles, which cost a lot of money. What happens when this is withdrawn?" Down the track, Hou worries about output matching the population growth rate...
...says a mid-level commander, Taliban are no longer able to mount effective hit-and-run missions inside eastern Afghanistan. In addition, last month's Afghan presidential election seems to have sapped Taliban strength. Despite the extremists' attempts to sabotage voting, Karzai was the overwhelming victor among Pashtuns, the ethnic group of most Taliban. A Taliban spokesman concedes that the U.S.-led security forces around polling sites made it impossible for militants to carry out their threats...
...hired Deborah Harmon, an African-American education professor from nearby Eastern Michigan University and the mother of two kids who have attended the Ann Arbor schools, to lead teachers and administrators through a cultural-competency course that fosters an appreciation for the perspectives of students and colleagues from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Separately, teachers at Pioneer High organized a faculty reading club to discuss books about race in hopes of making their colleagues more comfortable with the subject. "When we started, people avoided me in the hallways," says Amy Deller, a white science teacher who recruited members and leads the group...