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...euphoric cries of “Hell yeah!” caused even the beer-drinkers watching basketball across the pub to stand up and take note. By the time D’Bus offered to take off her shirt and proceeded to de-wig and de-robe onstage, all eyes were glued to the performer...
...Crimson followed with a sweep of Princeton and MIT across the board. In each race, the Tigers pushed Harvard in the first 1000 meters, but the Crimson oarsmen remained composed and made moves into the second 1000 meters that silenced their opponents...
Captain Robert Bongiorno of the Arlington police department said on Saturday that his office has reached out to law enforcement agencies across New England at the local, state, and federal level and that he was confident the prize would be recovered...
...often appealed to Pakistan to do just that, specifically against elements in North Waziristan. More than 200 miles south of Swat, the tribal territory is a base for militants targeting U.S. troops just across the border in Afghanistan; it is also believed to be a refuge for senior al-Qaeda leaders. Yet the Pakistani military has refused to go into North Waziristan because it says its forces are already stretched thin (the bulk of the country's troops are stationed along the eastern border with India, the nation Islamabad still considers its primary foe). (See pictures of refugees fleeing...
...Swat, the military has surged ahead of an excruciatingly slow civilian bureaucracy. Soldiers are reconstructing roads, bridges, health centers, water systems and libraries across the valley. The Army has recruited and trained thousands of police officers, and rebuilt 217 of the 400 or so schools destroyed by the Taliban. It is also footing the bill, thanks to a nationwide voluntary contribution of two days' pay by the troops themselves, a move that raised more than 100 million rupees (almost $1.2 million). The military is also much more efficient. Lt. Col. Abbas points to the restoration of a historic hostel...