"Honor killings" -- the slaying by family members of a woman or girl thought to be bringing them shame -- are usually kept quiet, making it difficult to determine how frequently they occur.

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While the Center remains hopeful that such a step will not be necessary, it strongly believes that an express U.S. willingness to do so is becoming increasingly necessary to get the Serbs' attention, to parry the Russian "covert veto" and to shame the Europeans into providing their own sizeable peace-making forces -- before countless thousands more perish needlessly.

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"It's just a shame to see so many already wealthy industry old-hands making hay with all these old-fashioned role-playing games when so many dramatically more inventive and ambitious ideas from smaller studios are failing to reach their targets, " he added.

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