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...same days as the other perspectives, but nine years before). Leavitt is an American soldier in South Korea who is devoted to his wife (read: does not have sex with prostitutes), and, ultimately, gives his life to protect a young Korean mother and her blind child from American fire. Lark and Termite are half-siblings through their mother, who dies before the narrative begins. Though 17, and just discovering her own sexuality for the first time, Lark is completely devoted to Termite’s care. She decides not to go to college so that she can stay...
...Palestinians only to find it ruled by Hamas, armed by Iran and lobbing missiles across the border on a daily basis. "We have to crush terror and eliminate Hamas," Lieberman said on election night, laying out his price for joining any coalition. "There can be no cease-fire with Hamas. There can be no negotiations, direct or indirect...
...gender) or with the AK-47, a weapon so ubiquitous that it has picked up a tragic moniker: the Congolese credit card. Mary, the scarred woman in the center of the photo collage on the next two pages, told me that FDLR men raped her, set her house on fire and left her to die. She survived. Her 2-year-old daughter...
...There have long been accusations that Nkunda was sponsored and supported by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. But last month something happened that seems to have ended that debate. Congo and Rwanda joined forces. Kagame's troops flushed out and arrested Nkunda, then helped facilitate a cease-fire with his forces in the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP). Kabila's government in Kinshasa made a deal to protect the new CNDP leader, Bosco Ntaganda (who is wanted for war crimes), and joined Rwandan forces in fighting the FDLR. Their joint effort has been under...
...challenge to remake Basra is daunting. Caught in the cross fire of the Iran-Iraq war and Iraq's occupation and retreat from Kuwait, brutally punished for uprisings against Saddam Hussein only to see his tyranny give way to the mob rule of Shi'ite militias, both the city and province of Basra have sustained deep wounds over almost 30 years. British forces and government agencies based in Basra after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion became a magnet for militia attacks and struggled to deliver on promises of reconstruction and development. But in March 2008, the Iraqi army launched...