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- Hundreds of villagers join battle to oust Taliban
Hundreds of Pakistani villagers who have formed an anti-Taliban militia battled for the fourth day Tuesday to remove the Islamic militants from a region of northwest Pakistan. Outraged over a suicide attack on a local mosque during Friday prayers, about 400 residents formed the militia early Saturd… more
Tue Jun 09 02:18pm EDT
- Workers missing after food plant explosion
Workers were believed trapped after the roof collapsed Tuesday at a food plant near Raleigh, North Carolina, CNN affiliate WRAL-TV reported. more
Tue Jun 09 02:16pm EDT
- Bodies of Air France victims returned to land
The first bodies recovered from the Air France crash were flown by helicopter to the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha today. Also today, Air France announced it will quickly replace air sensors on all of its Airbus A330 and A340 jets. The parts are suspected of contributing to last week… more
Tue Jun 09 02:15pm EDT
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Source: CNN.com
- Podcast: Ahmed Rashid on Pakistan in Crisis
Ahmed Rashid speaks with Hugh Eakin about the continuing conflict between the Taliban and the Pakistani government, the humanitarian crisis in Swat, and the violence that has spread from the border with Afghanistan to within sixty miles of the capital, Islamabad. To read Rashid s article, Pakistan … more
Mon Jun 01 11:24am EDT
- Podcast: Helen Epstein on Prison Reform
Helen Epstein speaks with Eve Bowen about the programs developed by prison reformer Sunny Schwartz, and their promise for transforming the American penal system. To read Epstein's article, or other pieces on prison reform from the Review's archives, please visit nybooks.com more
Mon May 25 02:26pm EDT
- Podcast: Christopher Ricks on John Keats
Christopher Ricks speaks with Giles Harvey about Posthumous Keats, Stanley Plumly's recent biography of John Keats, and about the poet's death and the idealization he experienced in his "immediate afterlife." To read Ricks's review of the book, please visit nybooks.com more
Mon May 18 08:33am EDT
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Source: The New York Review of Books
- DoD: US Troops Erred in Afghan Air Strikes
The Pentagon says U.S. troops did not follow proper tactics and procedures during an air assault last month on Taliban fighters that also killed a number of civilians. While the number of enemy killed greatly outnumbered civilian dead, there were problems in the way the strikes were carried out, th… more
- Laurean Arraigned for Marine's Murder
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- Court Says Iraq not Liable for Saddam
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Source: Military Top Stories Center