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...it’s not because I am a huge fan of the football team or because I can’t wait to see the Dance Step team in action. In fact, I don’t have any specific reasons for being so eager to take part in this celebration of school pride—I just happen to enjoy the experience of being at a pep rally...
...arms to insurgents. "They profess to have warm relations with the Afghan government," Gates said. "At the same time, they're sending in a relatively modest level of weapons and capabilities to attack ... coalition forces." In August, Afghan forces discovered a cache of weapons - including EFPs - in the western part of the country that shares a border with Iran...
...Lowdown: Considering that women make up half the world's population, "over time," the authors write, "a nation's competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and utilizes its female talent." That's just part of the reason why even incremental strides toward eradicating gender inequity should be hailed. But while more than two-thirds of the 115 countries covered in the report since its inception in 2006 have posted gains-particularly in educational attainment and quality of health-females worldwide still lag far behind in economic participation and political empowerment. The report underscores yet again that while...
...asset over the past eight years that his drug-running was at best treated with a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, why has Afghanistan's situation steadily deteriorated? The Taliban, dismissed by Vice President Dick Cheney in 2002 as "out of business, permanently," is back in force. Part of that strength comes from a drug trade that has skyrocketed from 185 metric tons of heroin produced in 2001 to more than 6,000 metric tons this year, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. But a larger reason for the Taliban expansion is a widespread...
...country. German political leaders are also nervously watching the proceedings. "Politicians regarded the murder of Marwa el-Sherbini as a foreign policy issue, but it was really an internal matter," Ali Kizilkaya, head of the Islamic Council of Germany, tells TIME. "The case shows that a small part of German society is Islamophobic, and that shouldn't be underestimated. Politicians have to learn that Muslims must be recognized as an equal part of German society." He added, though, that he has faith in the German justice system and is confident that there will be a fair judgment in the case...