A cautionary view on U S not sending troops to Liberia
The piece argues against deploying U S troops to intervene in Zimbabwe and Liberia, urging African leaders to pressure Mugabe and resolve Liberia's crisis with regional peacekeeping guidance. It praises training over deployment, citing South Africa and other African voices while warning against overextension amid global duties.
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Zimbabwe
Bush
U.S
Robert Mugabe
Ria
United States
Africa
Thabo Mbeki
South Africa
Liberia
C R girl 4 drowns at Coralville Lake tragedy stirs debate
Letters to the editor from Iowa communities critique lifeguard policy at beaches on Coralville Lake and urge accountability for adult supervision. Readers discuss landfill costs and Bush era education funding amid local concerns. Cedar Rapids, Marion, Iowa City voices reflect on responsibility and public safety.
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C.R
Coralville Lake
the Gazette
Corps
James O. Williams
Iowa City
U S shifts to peacekeeping role worldwide
The United States moves from isolationism to active peacekeeping and nation building, with 150000 troops in Iraq and others in Afghanistan Bosnia and Kosovo. Bush faces options on Liberia while debates grow about training and coordinating a US led peacekeeping force.
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World
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Iraq
Kosovo
North
Bush
Republican Party
Bosnia
Liberia
Donald Rumsfeld
Army War College
Peacekeeping Institute
Carlisle
Condoleezza Rice
Foreign Affairs
Baghdad
Balkans
Hamid Karzai
Charles Taylor
West Africa
Sierra Leone
Cote d'Ivoire
Northern
Ireland
Pentagon
Philippines
Azerbaijan
United Nations
Rumsfeld
U.N
Peacekeeper
Warmaker
Cell-phone etiquette in crisis in public life and culture
Editorial notes that cell phone use irritates and surveys show mixed views on courtesy. It cites a Harris Interactive survey finding 51 percent say Americans are discourteous while 86 percent feel they personally are rarely or never rude. It highlights vibrate mode, voicemail and text messaging as courtesy aids and reports widespread behaviors such as long workdays, late reachability, and texting as avoiding calls.
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Chicago Tribune
U.S
Harris Interactive
At&t Wireless
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Trudy Rubin
Philadephia Inquirer
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