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With some good teamwork in the second inning, Harvard was able to pull ahead and gain enough of the lead to secure its 2-1 victory over the Lions...
...Crimson finished behind a dominant Brown, which swept competition in both men’s and women’s play, and Rhode Island, which placed second on both sides. Harvard was able to stay ahead of the remaining teams, which traded places between the men’s and women’s sides...
...Chidambaram's offer to resign after the massacre. With the central government still debating how to deal with the Maoists, there is confusion on the ground about how to tackle the insurgency. Gill says it's time to rethink the entire strategy and criticizes Chidambaram for giving the go-ahead to a "flawed operation." (See pictures of India's turning points...
...Maoists executed their attack with fierce precision, giving the soldiers no chance to react. They blew up an anti-land-mine vehicle and then began firing indiscriminately. The shocked and exhausted soldiers, who had not been able to follow standard procedures like checking the road for land mines ahead of time, were massacred within minutes. The guerrillas - both men and women - then took away AK-47 and Insas rifles, mortars, magazines of ammunition and bulletproof jackets from their victims. Of the 80 Indian troops on exercise, 76 were killed. (See "India Steps Up Its Fight Against Naxalites...
...even if the agreement gives the government some breathing room, Greece faces a tough road ahead. The markets - and Europe - will be watching closely to see if the country's socialist government can follow through on the deeper structural reforms Greece needs to implement to rein in its staggering debt and jump-start its moribund economy. As part of its pledges to its European partners, Greece has already cut civil servants' pay and raised taxes. But those are merely short-term measures. The bigger challenge is to reform the country's tax and pension systems, liberalize controlled areas...