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...keep up, several well-placed national-security sources told TIME. October was the deadliest month yet for Iraqi civilians since the start of the war, and November seems destined to surpass it. A Thanksgiving Day onslaught by Sunni militants killed more than 200 Iraqis, wounded hundreds and spurred a round of Shi'ite reprisals. As the Iraqi capital erupted in another frenzy of sectarian violence, the U.S. lost eight service members in a span of six days, bringing its death toll to nearly...
...however, that won't be so easy, since success seems to have tamed Nissan's tolerance for design risks. Nissan's latest models aren't as distinctive as the first round Ghosn launched. For the latter, Ghosn gave Shiro Nakamura, the director of design, a mandate to be different, to craft a bold look for the brand. Nakamura delivered with models like the 350Z and Murano. In this latest cycle, designers weren't given as much free rein, according to James Sanfilippo, an analyst with Automotive Marketing Consultants. "They were worried about screwing up a good thing," he says...
...This year, for the first time, President Karzai is fielding his own string of horses. The season has just started, and today's game was merely a selection round to identify the best wrestlers to represent the presidential palace. For the past five years Karzai has been running the country as if he were a Western politician, and it has earned him little respect. Perhaps this new initiative will turn his reputation around. Instead of being laughed at as the "mayor of Kabul," as his detractors often call him, he could be known as a great Buzkashi sponsor...
...shoe manufacturer. Von Pufendorf argues that the painting should never have been restituted. He said it was sold in Germany in 1933, at which point it fetched the highest price ever for a Kirchner. The family did not sell because of pressure from the Nazis, he said. The new round of restitution claims, he argues, is being driven not by the heirs of Jewish victims but by lawyers and auction houses in search of the fees generated by such sales...
...Numbers 19,000 km Round-trip journey planned for prawns caught in Scottish waters before they reach British stores, by a seafood firm that calculates hand peeling in Thailand will be cheaper than machine peeling in Scotland 50? Hourly wage paid to Thai prawn peelers. The move will mean the loss of 120 jobs in Scotland paid at $11 per hour...