Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Mexico City — Four years and 50,000 troops into President Felipe Calderon’s drug war, the fighting has exposed severe limitations in the Mexican army’s ability to wage unconventional warfare, tarnished its proud reputation and left the U.S. pointedly criticizing the force as “virtually blind” on the ground. The army’s shortcomings [...]
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New York Times: PARSONS, Kan. — An unlikely pilgrimage is under way to Dwayne’s Photo, a small family business that has through luck and persistence become the last processor in the world of Kodachrome, the first successful color film and still the most beloved. That celebrated 75-year run from mainstream to niche photography is scheduled [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expressing alarm over reports that thousands of captured Taliban insurgents have disappeared into the hands of Pakistan’s police and security forces, and that some may have been tortured or killed. The report described concerns that the Pakistani military had killed members of the Taliban, rather than [...]
New York Times: The other day during my commute home, the New Jersey Transit train I was on had to pause mid-Meadowlands for some kind of storm-related delay. The conductor announced that we’d be moving again shortly, but I wasn’t taking any chances: I immediately constructed a double-sided lean-to from the laptop cases of my [...]
(AP) — US President Barack Obama has bypassed the US Senate and directly appointed four new ambassadors, including Robert Ford, who will become the first US envoy to Syria since 2005. Specific senators had blocked or refused to consider the confirmations of the nominees for various reasons, including questions about their qualifications. But in the [...]
Politico: HONOLULU — President Barack Obama must really be enjoying his Hawaiian vacation because he’s again postponing his return to Washington. Obama will now leave Hawaii the evening of Jan. 3, arriving in Washington the afternoon of Jan. 4, the White House announced Wednesday. “After the extended lame duck and five-day delay of his trip [...]
