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...mops up one war in Afghanistan and prepares to launch a second in Iraq, it is increasingly clear that if Franks is not Rumsfeld's better half, he is surely his other half, his alter ego, the soldier's soldier who can rein in the supercivilian and gently remind him that battles are won not with dash but usually with numbers. If Afghanistan had been fought Rumsfeld's way, we might still have commandos mounting up on horseback to hunt down the Taliban. If the war had been fought Franks' way, we might have nabbed Osama bin Laden a long...
Quick--what's the best-selling game system of all time? Nope, it's not the PlayStation or even the GameCube. And it's definitely not Xbox. It's the humble little Game Boy from Nintendo, which, for the record, has sold more than 142 million units since its launch...
...city puts on the best shows remains a favorite parlor game of the fashion set. For the last 10 years, Milan has been winning, as Italian houses like Prada and Gucci came up with collections that rocked their Parisian rivals. But Paris came roaring back as the place to launch new talent from around the world - the star collections there are now produced by designers from Japan (Junya Watanabe), Belgium (Véronique Branquinho) and Britain (Alexander McQueen). The two cities squared off again in the fall collections that ended in Paris last week. They battled for dominion over most...
...military is planning to launch the mother of all salvos should war begin in Iraq. That much has been made obvious from the massive naval deployment in the Gulf. "This is the largest ever naval deployment in history," in the words of Rear Admiral Barry M. Costello, the Commander of the CTF 55. To be precise, there are three aircraft carriers - Constellation, Kitty Hawk and Lincoln - choking up the narrow Persian Gulf. Combined, they send nearly 200 sorties into Iraq every day and can double that within hours. Add to that more than 130 cruisers, frigates and destroyers...
...independent Greek Justice system has always, after thorough investigations of every item of the so-called indisputable evidence and disclosure, ascertained that all ‘charges’ were and are groundless,” wrote Kokkalis.“The arrogant slanderers who launch such malicious attacks should become well aware that, eventually, their attempts would receive a fitting reply...