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...country songs included the theme for TV's Hee Haw, but he had an equally successful career as a TV and movie actor--notably playing outlaw Ben Miller, who menaces Gary Cooper in High Noon, and a trail scout in the 1959-66 TV series Rawhide, which helped launch Clint Eastwood's career...
...unfair comment. We have done the maximum in the fight against terrorism. Almost 500 people have been apprehended by Pakistan. It is in Pakistan's interest to act against all al-Qaeda. We want to do it. Our forces want to do it. Is it possible for us to launch a military operation [to] sweep the whole [tribal] area? I'm afraid that is not within the capability of Pakistan or even of the U.S. forces. Why has the U.S. not succeeded in doing that in Afghanistan? It is not doable. I think it is very convenient...
...With the launch of these courses, we hope to become the leading institution in North America in the study of Africa,” Chair of the African Studies Committee Emmanuel Akyeampong said in a prepared statement...
...freed the Iraqi people and the left the Middle East safer, he insisted. But the absence of evidence showing that Iraq maintained weapons of mass destruction or al-Qaeda links, and the ongoing security crisis in post-Saddam Iraq has, if anything, amplified criticism over Washington's decision to launch a war without Security Council authorization...
...intergalactic travel for a quick buck. Stamps bearing the Shenzhou image have become collector's items, and the Jianlibao company promotes its sports drinks with pictures of an astronaut. Several companies have even applied to run their corporate logos on the side of the spacecraft for its first manned launch. "There are no such plans [to allow this] at present," state-run media responded. But when commerce and spaceships meet in China, the sky's the limit...