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...Although the Crimson seemed to outplay its counterparts in the early going, neither team was able to assert itself offensively...
After a disappointing start to its season, the Big Green--which dealt Harvard a heartbreaking 2-1 loss last season to win the league crown--has risen to the No.25 spot in the national rankings. And although it has no chance at the Ivy title this year, Dartmouth will be geared to knock off the Crimson to solidify a spot in the NCAA tournament...
Proof, perhaps, that a nut or two can change the course of history, the gunmen who strafed the Armenian parliament on Wednesday - although they appear to have had no particular plan or manifesto - may have managed to trigger a political crisis. The Armenian military Thursday demanded the resignation of a number of senior ministers over the security lapse that allowed the four gunmen to kill the country's prime minister and seven other senior politicians. "The danger now is that what appears to have been simply an outburst of insanity could be turned into a serious political crisis," says TIME...
...their leader, Nairi Unanian - described in early news reports as a disgruntled journalist - nobody?s any the wiser about what really motivated the attack. "We wanted to save the Armenian people from perishing and restore its rights," Unanian said, but he articulated no clear political agenda or complaint. Although Unanian was known for his nationalist views and hard line on Armenia?s conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan, so was Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, whom he shot at point-blank range. In the end, all the gunmen demanded were guarantees for their personal safety. But the military wants heads to roll...
...campaign against the religious group Thursday, branding it a "devil-cult" and vowing to show it no mercy. But despite the heavy prison sentences that Chinese law prescribes for members of cults, hundreds of Falun Gong members continued their almost daily protests in Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in China. Although the authorities fear the consequences of allowing a millions-strong religious sect whose leader is based in the U.S. to flourish beyond official control in China, the very form of the Falun Gong protest - quiet meditation and exercise - highlights the problem facing the authorities' attempts to crack down...