Putin had withdrawn tens of thousands of troops he had massed at the frontier, but Kiev says their numbers have again been rising as troops are returning to the border area.
As the moon rises, we troop down to the construction site.
Peter Crowley, the Unicef representative in Afghanistan, feels this is a crucial moment for Afghanistan, and is sure that the current situation, with rising violence and troop withdrawal imminent, constitutes a potential "perfect storm" that could obliterate the hopes of the children they have spent years trying to help.
One by one, as London, L.A. and Chicago were wrapped, city production editors rose and trooped to the gong.
Here he is, in "All Day Permanent Red," showing Greek troops rising for battle: Think of a raked sky-wide Venetian blind.
The number of Pakistani Frontier Corps and regular army forces is now rising toward 8,000 troops and could approach 10,000 along the Afghan border, a senior Pentagon official said.
Portugal fought its own version of protracted warfare, and a large military force was sent by the Portuguese government to quell the unrest, with troop numbers rising from 8,000 to 24,000 between 1964 and 1967.
What you can already feel here is the rise of something else hideously predictable -- the "need" for, and lobbying for, more American troops -- even though the latest polling data indicate that Afghan anger and opposition may be rising in areas U.S. troops are moving into.
With tensions rising, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy fire in Jammu today, leaving an Indian civilian and four Pakistani soldiers dead, officials said.
Velázquez exposes the delusion of this civilised exchange with sombre irony: the wartorn Dutch landscape spreads out behind the massed troops, smoke rising from distant farms.
