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Today, Soweto's population of an estimated 2 to 3 million is emerging as the bedrock of South Africa's new black middle class. Clapboard shanty towns are being replaced by neat rows of brick and tile bungalows. BMWs and Mercedes are a common sight. And last September saw the...
In the cyber-age, the furious scribble of pens scratching paper that once filled lecture halls has been replaced by the clacking of laptop keys. Upon closer inspection, this is probably because half of the class is “G-chatting” the other half.A decade ago, we?...
Ho said that one request came from a civil affairs battalion that had entered a Sunni area and found crowds of children armed with toy AK-47s. Insurgents had disbanded the soccer leagues, trashed soccer fields, and confiscated soccer balls, which they replaced with the toy rifles.
Third is the cost to “reset” the military. Beyond its high human costs, the war has exacted a significant toll on transports and equipment. Vehicles and weapons are being used up at 10 times the peacetime rate. They are not being replaced nearly as quickly...
“All of this is a snap shot,” he said. “If it blows up...if the calm of today is replaced by a storm of renewed suicide bombings and civil war in the next six months it will be a big, big...