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American investigators are trying to persuade Musharraf to let them expand their bin Laden search into the tribal belt, but the Pakistanis have "a different agenda," says a Western diplomat in Islamabad. "The Americans' aim, obviously, is to get the bad guys." The Pakistani strategy is to extend the government's influence in these lawless areas by winning over the local chieftains, a kind of mini--nation building. That's why Musharraf is wary of mishaps like the one in which two U.S. missiles recently strayed inside the Pakistani border and landed a few hundred yards from a tribal militia...
THOMAS COEX/AFP TAKING AIM: An Israeli soldier on patrol in Bethlehem Alone among mainstream Israeli politicians, Amram Mitzna sports a beard. Sectarians - Israeli Arabs, Ultra-Orthodox Jews and settlers - grow hair on their chins, but the rest of the political spectrum is clean-shaven. So the whiskers of Mitzna, who was picked last week to lead the Labor Party into national elections in January, have come to symbolize the enigma of this newcomer. Is there a strong, decisive chin beneath the fuzz, or is he soft and fluffy, like the beard? Labor's 130,000 members voted overwhelmingly to find...
...Harvard doesn’t make NCAAs, it will compete in the ECAC tournament. Harvard chose not to declare for ECACs last season because it wanted to aim for higher goals, but this season—with only two seniors on the roster—the team felt it could benefit from pressure-packed postseason experience...
...Neil Rose and the potent Crimson offense moved the ball at will, setting eight school records and evoking memories of 2001 in a 31-26 triumph over the Big Green. Tomorrow it will need to avoid a letdown, as the dangerous but underachieving Lions (1-6, 0-4 Ivy) aim to avenge last year’s 45-33 defeat and pull off one of the season’s biggest upsets...
...speakers concurred that choosing to aim for peace was a difficult step, and one which women could be the first to make...