Ten years in Afghanistan show progress and peril in war
As NATO and U S forces mark a decade in Afghanistan signs of progress persist with open schools and active media while the Taliban remains unbeaten and violence spreads north. Casualties run high with 1 682 American soldiers and 954 NATO deaths plus over 2 930 civilian fatalities from US and NATO bombing and 7 686 from insurgents.
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Homegrown Soldier Aspirations Amid Afghan Patrols
Mohammed Ahi, 21, watched Afghan National Army patrols near his village and dreamed of joining. He admired the camouflage and insignia and said he hoped to be one of them, despite family opposition to his choice.
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Americans win Nobel for universe discovery
Three ULS-born scientists Saul Perlmut ter Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess win the Nobel Prize in physics for the 1998 finding that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. The result overturns the notion of steady expansion and introduces the mysterious dark energy driving cosmic acceleration.
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