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An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has implied that Moscow cannot push Ukraine out of Kursk by the end of the year, despite Putin previously setting a deadline to kick them out by October. Russia's Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, said that all the tasks set by the country's leadership for the military in 2024 have been completed, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. He was speaking during a briefing for the military. As Ukrainian forces remain in Kursk, it is possible that driving them out was not a...

If you're an intellectually curious person -- and if you're a journalist, let's assume that you are -- you are likely to have embraced a number of notions about how the world works, how it should work and who should be running it. This is natural. It's inevitable, then, that most journalists have formed some opinions about partisan politics. It's unrealistic to expect that even the most conscientious journalist can wholly divorce his or her professional work from his or her philosophical positions. And even if that person were to put forth the sincerest effort possible, biases are likely to...

Perhaps you, like so many across the planet, are more than a bit baffled by the runaway success of "The Passion of the Christ." Perhaps you, furthermore, are more than slightly disturbed that millions have flocked to this bizarre ultraviolent blood-drenched revisionist flick and that so many actually believe its story to be absolutely true, and that it just surpassed "The Return of the King" in total box office and is the No. 8 most successful film of all time and it was No. 1 again across BushCo's flyover states during Easter weekend and has sold 650,000 books and 125,000...

Unlicensed to Drive Sometimes the complex political battle in Sacramento over SB 60, the bill that would have allowed undocumented immigrants to apply for a driver's license in California, seems abstract and far away. But the tragic case of a man killed by an undocumented driver on Highway 1 makes a compelling argument for ensuring that all drivers can access driver's training, a license and insurance, regardless of immigration status. By Sarah Phelan At first glance, the stretch of Highway I slightly north of Moss Landing looks innocuous. Flanked by artichoke fields and steep embankments on both sides, the road...

Poor Infrastructure Scares Off Investors, Says NEPAD Official New Vision (Kampala) NEWSAugust 21, 2003 Posted to the web August 21, 2003 Kampala AFRICA needs some basic infrastructure before investors can find the continent an attractive place to come to invest in, writes Mikaili Sseppuya. When the cost of doing business is too high, because of high energy rates, many potential investors would go away. This was said by the chairperson of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu this week. He was meeting the finanace minister Gerald Ssendaula at the ministry boardroom in Kampala. "We need to...

The facts are this: a substance was found in Nicholl's shoe, not on her person. the rehab wanted to settle this internally but a patient called the cops......Sounds like a dem plant working overtime to me