After only 180 days of planning and a $210 million investment, a Russian billionaire unveiled his design for a brand new natural gas hybrid car for the masses. Thankfully, it looks nothing like a Lada.
Amazingly, just a few months after NATO and Afghan troops gradually stepped up operations in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar, the insurgents have fled, with a return unlikely. At least, that’s the optimistic tone the U.S.-led coalition sounds in a credulous New York Times piece today. The headline: “Coalition Forces Routing Taliban in Key Afghan Region.”