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...with his country's new pragmatism. He has remained mum as the U.S. military overthrew the Afghan government and stationed troops in five neighboring countries. China also quietly suffered a dramatic loss of influence over its closest regional ally, Pakistan, which it had earlier helped build a nuclear arsenal. Smaller signs of cooperation passed virtually unnoticed?China did not protest when three Japanese warships escorted the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk from its base in Japan to launch assaults on Afghanistan. China has even surprised the U.S. with a new policy on Taiwan: it has downplayed its threats...
...Quakers’ arsenal includes sophomore Jewel Clark, named to this week’s Ivy honor roll. Clark was the leading scorer in Penn’s last two games, tallying 18 points over Yale and 26 against Brown. Clark leads the team in points with 16.8 a game. She also leads the team in rebounds with 9.7 rpg, steals, blocks and free throw percentage...
...years now, I’ve mocked and maligned Valentine’s Day with a spite usually reserved for rival sports teams and mothers-in-laws. I’ve learned to hate the candygrams and reject the heart-shaped suckers. I’ve even developed an arsenal of pretentious rebuffs for those among us who still give out the little Garfield valentines, my favorite being “fuck...
...addition of this homemade missile to the arsenal of Palestinian militants marks a serious escalation of their strategy to drive Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza by making the cost of remaining there too high. Recent months have seen a sharp increase in suicide bombings, and the Qassam-2 allows militants to strike inside Israel without having to cross heavily policed boundaries. Rocket attacks reminiscent of those used by Hezbollah in its protracted war that eventually forced Israel to withdraw from Lebanon two years ago underline what Israeli commentators have called the "Lebanization" of the conflict...
...raid on Uruzgan appears, ironically, to have helped Younis. A rogue warlord with strong links to the Taliban and opponent of the new government in Kabul, he saw his local opposition wiped out by U.S. forces - and appears to have inherited the most formidable arsenal in the district, to boot. Says Bari Gul, brother of one of the pro-government commanders slain in the raid, "All the weapons (collected at the school) have been taken by the commander who was ruling by force...