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Even against international condemnation Pakistan's powerful religious lobby frequently gets its way. Australian Maj.-Gen. Gordon named as Chief of Staff for Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in Jerusalem, which is the U.N.'s oldest peacekeeping operation. Kosovo U.N. envoy urges against 'unilateral actions' as province's status remains in limbo. Two more U.N. peacekeeping troops shot to death in Haiti. Does Africa need an increase in U.S. military presence? The definition of 'quagmire': the U.S. is now 'hostage' to Iraq, with a disastrous history of mismanagement and a divided military policy-making apparatus. As conflict worsens by the day, is massacre of civilians by local factions avoidable?