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MEANWHILE IN ABU DHABI... Back With a Whimper Fans of Comical Ali - former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, whose reality-defying comments on the Iraq war earned him a cult following around the world - were delighted to hear that he was back on the air. Sadly, in his first appearance as a pundit for Abu Dhabi TV, al-Sahhaf limited himself to quite plausible comments on Saddam Hussein's arrest, which he didn't even bother to deny. It's not clear, however, whether he has conceded that there are in fact U.S. troops on the streets...
...this: when you arrive at a relaxed moment, "make agreements... to be used as guidance in critical times, especially during a fight." That gem of wisdom comes from Twenty Practical Ways to Educate Your Wife, a self-help tome making the rounds of publishers in Jakarta. Its author: Ali Ghufron, a.k.a. Mukhlas, the self-confessed mastermind behind the Bali bombings of 2002, which claimed 202 lives. Mukhlas, while appealing the death sentence he received in October, kept himself busy in his Bali jail by penning his marital guide and two other books: The Men Who Influenced Me and My Life...
...Harvard that the key to victory would be creating traffic in front of the net and throwing shots on goal. With the score knotted at one and 3:26 remaining in the third period, Sarah Clark proved him right, banking a sharp-angle shot off sophomore netminder Ali Boe’s leg for the game-winner and handing Harvard its first loss of the season...
...Crimson used two goalies, as freshman Emily Vitt replaced sophomore starter Ali Boe in the final frame of action...
...some it's too late. Mogli Begum Sheikh, 45, is the matriarch of an extended family living on a small holding just north of Srinagar that counts no less than 10 widows and 24 orphans in its ranks. Since 1995, when Indian soldiers shot dead Sheikh's nephew Ali Mohammad Sheikh, who was a militant, 17 male family members and one female have died at the hands of both soldiers and separatists in an orgy of reprisals and counterattacks. On one occasion in 1997, a group of unidentified gunmen marched seven of the family's men from their homes...