News Thread: Fixing Afghanistan, American education, Zimbabwe recount, Iraqi women fi

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According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Anthony Cordesman, Afghanistan won't be solved by moving out of Iraq.

“In math and science, for example, our fourth graders are among the top students globally. By roughly eighth grade, they’re in the middle of the pack. And by the 12th grade, U.S. students are scoring generally near the bottom of all industrialized countries.”

America's schools are in trouble, yet education is receiving scant attention from the presidential hopefuls, writes Bob Herbert.
Slowly, results are coming in from Zimbabwe's election recount. The state media are calling for a unity government and various heads of state from around the world — including Gordon Brown — are pushing for an arms embargo to keep weapons out of the country.
In Iraq, women are taking over the jobs their dead or missing husbands left behind, reports the Washington Post.
Also gas prices and food prices continue to rise.
What are you reading today?
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