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...operation in Yemen best demonstrates the latter point. In a war-torn country where, less than two years ago, terrorists bombed the U.S.S. Cole, Bush has authorized the deployment of a scant 100 troops. What is more, this contingent will not be deployed as a single unit, but in groups of 20 to 30, rendering them effectively dependent on a weak Yemeni government for security...
...American Olympia Scott—playing in her final collegiate game—turned in an 18-point, eight-rebound effort for the Cardinal, who was without the services of All-Americans Kristin Folkl and Vanessa Nygaard, both sidelined with torn knee ligaments. Junior Regan Freuen added 19 points and six assists in the losing cause...
...better, then, to get down and dirty in the Australian desert? For Rabbit-Proof Fence's most gut-wrenching scene, Doyle used a hand-held camera to record the all-too-real distress of the girls as they are torn from their mother (Ningali Lawford) and thrown into a police car. "He was able to free up the filmmaking process and allow our stars, who were untrained and had never acted before, to feel unburdened and just be themselves," recalls director Noyce...
Although never a refugee herself, Bangladeshi-born Khan knows the experience of being uprooted from a war-torn homeland. She first left home to attend high school in Ireland, a move she calls ironic since she left civil war in Bangladesh only to find herself in another strife-riven nation. After university in the U.K. - where she met her German-born economist husband - she studied law at Harvard. It was there that she developed an interest in human-rights issues. She has since spent her entire career in the field - until now at the U.N. refugee agency. Her Amnesty term...
...What is wrong with people?” Jackson wonders. “This really makes me contemplate taking that speech off the Web—I already put a harsh disclaimer and a copyright on it.” Still, Jackson feels torn between the piracy of the Internet and her purpose in writing the speech in the first place. “I feel it is important that I share the message of the speech,” she says. “I’m going to have to think about it more. While it bothers...