Smith: Cut the foreign legion.
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- Smith: Cut the foreign legion.
- Along US-Mexico border, not enough hands for the harvest
- ‘Car bomb factory’ found in Iraq
- Bush touts ethanol plan on NC laboratory tour
- Musharraf’s choice: president of Pakistan or dictator of ‘Prob…
- Phantom of the opera
Smith: Cut the foreign legion.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 22, 2007
| Europe Intelligence Wire (February, 2007). Smith, an Australian, supports proposals.
Along US-Mexico border, not enough hands for the harvest
Christian Science Monitor – Feb 22, 2007
It would ensure that he can get his crop in – and sell it to supermarkets at a price that is competitive with prices of vegetables from overseas. Congress is considering such a move, but not in time to reduce this season’s uncertainty. Because this 41,000-acre patch of the Southwest produces 95 percent of the nation’s home-grown winter lettuce and 90 percent of its winter vegetables, its labor issues have ramifications far beyond these leafy fields. A key one is how much consumers must pay for fresh greens. A 10 percent increase in labor costs on the farm results in a 6 percent jump in the price of a head of lettuce, according to research by Albert Kagan, a professor at Arizona State University who works on the National Food and Agricultural Policy Project (NFAPP), which is based at the school. He has run economic models for other labor-intensive produce as well, such as strawberries and table grapes, with similar results. The NFAPP has also examined how farm labor costs at home affect the market for farm imports.
‘Car bomb factory’ found in Iraq
Dallas Morning News – Dallas Morning News (subscription) – Feb 22, 2007
Caldwell IV, the military spokesman in Baghdad, said in an interview on CNN that the cache of weapons found Tuesday night near the town of Karma, just east of Fallujah, included "all kinds of ordinary chemicals" besides chlorine, a possible indication that insurgents have stepped up their efforts to use toxic substances in their attacks. Although Odierno would not say who the U. believes is behind the chlorine bombs, Karma is in Sunni-dominated Anbar province, home to both home-grown Sunni insurgents and foreign fighters linked to al-Qaida in Iraq. Despite the limited deaths in the chlorine attacks, White House spokesman Dana Perino said the use of chlorine appeared part of the insurgency’s intention to attempt "spectacular events" to kill civilians, calling its use "disturbing and concerning". Chlorine has been considered for use as a chemical weapon as far back as the U.
Bush touts ethanol plan on NC laboratory tour
Washington Post – Feb 22, 2007
laboratory tour – washingtonpost. Bush toured a laboratory working to convert wood chips toethanol on Thursday, touting his plan to boost U. use of thehome-grown fuel fivefold over 10 years.
Musharraf’s choice: president of Pakistan or dictator of ‘Prob…
Christian Science Monitor – Feb 22, 2007
But it’s becoming increasingly clear that he is unwilling or unable to crack down on the terrorist radicals in his midst. His foreign minister boasted that Pakistan had not handed “a single Pakistani” to America and that all the Al Qaeda men captured and transferred to US authorities were foreigners. Pakistan’s home-grown, Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militias continue to operate openly. Indeed Musharraf’s main benefactor, President Bush, said last week: “Taliban and Al Qaeda figures do hide in remote regions of Pakistan. This is wild country; this is wilder than the Wild West. Musharraf’s sinking popularity has spurred speculation that he might declare a state of emergency to smother vocal opposition. But the more power he usurps, the more dependent he becomes on his military and intelligence.
Phantom of the opera
Toronto Star – Feb 22, 2007
But there were no longer any new products being generated out of our city. We were a place for remounts at best, another stop on the touring circuit at worst. The SARS epidemic of 2003 diminished our reputation further, when our home-grown productions of The Producers and Hairspray both closed within six months. Suddenly, the city that had seemed so vital had slipped back into becoming just one more provincial whistle-stop. Then, it started to turn around again. Shows like Wicked and Spamalot played their touring engagements here to box-office grosses that topped all the others in North America. Yes, the highly anticipated 2006 musical version of The Lord of the Rings would prove to be a flop, but it would still play to 420,000 people, grossing close to $30 million.