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...know the type of '80s rocker--tight pants, bleached hair, long tongue. Though pop metal (or, to some, "hair metal") is often remembered for big-name bands like Twisted Sister and Mötley Crüe, Kevin Dubrow, the front man for Quiet Riot, was a key force in popularizing the genre. His frequent diatribes against other musicians--and his own record company--could grate. But his gravelly vocals on songs like Cum on Feel the Noize helped propel Riot's 1983 album, Metal Health, to No. 1 on Billboard's pop charts, a first for a metal band. Dubrow...
...pointed out that since Pakistan is a key ally in the fight against terrorism, the Bush Administration deems the regime worthy of continued funding despite Musharraf's unconstitutional actions. This reminds me of how the U.S. backed South American dictators in the name of preventing the spread of communism. Allowing democracy to be revoked does not bode well for U.S. policies in the region, and it is only a matter of time before this ally withers from lack of popular support. Defeating communism required the cooperation of governments; defeating terrorism will require the cooperation of people. Jitesh Laxman, Toronto...
...Another of Rudd's key election promises was to pull Australian troops out of Iraq. But not all of them, and not right now. Instead, Rudd has said he will "begin negotiations with the Americans and Iraqis" on the withdrawal, in mid-2008, of one-third of the Australian troops in Iraq and the Gulf. A thousand will remain, to the dismay of Labor's antiwar left wing, and more may be sent to train Iraqi soldiers in Jordan or Oman. Rudd will consider sending more troops to join the 1,000 in Afghanistan...
...Australia's second largest trading partner after China. Australian bases are key nodes in the U.S. satellite security system, and the two nations' defense forces are closely intertwined. "Australia will remain a close and reliable ally of the U.S.," says the Lowy Institute's Fullilove. "But Labor will explain the alliance in a different way" from the Howard government. "They won't so much emphasize loyalty. They'll emphasize Australian ideas, the advocacy of Australian interests. They'll sell that story to Australians, that the value of the alliance is, 'We have the ear of the world's most powerful...
...concessions. Yesterday, he resigned from the post of Chief of Army Staff and is planning to hold parliamentary elections early next year. He will no longer hold both the positions of Army Chief and President, and some semblance of popular governance will be restored to Pakistan. These were two key demands that Pakistan’s Western allies had made...