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...with an eye to bolstering Moscow's claims that Artur Chilingarov, a member of Russia's parliament, enlisted fellow parliamentarian Vladimir Gruzdev and the commander of the Mir 1 submersible, Anatoli Sagalevich, for last month's aquatic assault on the North Pole. With the funding (and presence aboard) of a Swedish millionaire and an Australian adventure-tour operator, the expedition trailed an icebreaker to the pole, where Sagalevich piloted one of two submersibles to a depth of 13,100 ft. (4,301 m), planted the Russian flag and then skillfully resurfaced through the shifting holes in the ice. Chilingarov said...
...move reflects the dilemma confronting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: Some of his generals have been clamoring for a large-scale offensive against Gaza in retaliation for a rocket strike earlier this month by Palestinian militants that landed in a military base, wounding 60 Israeli soldiers. But a big assault on Gaza, said the plan's critics, could have cost Israeli lives and got troops mired there for a long time. Instead, Olmert and his defense minister settled for tougher sanctions on the coastal strip - even at the cost of raising an international outcry...
...improvement,” he said. “Hopefully what will happen is that college officials will look at this data and evaluate it and see how they could serve their student body better.” Sarah Rankin, director of Harvard’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, said she was pleased by the results of the survey—but that she did not put much stock in the rankings. “I think we do good work, but I didn’t need that survey to validate...
...TIME that a debate is raging inside Olmert's cabinet over how fiercely Israel should strike Gaza, where 1.5 million Palestinians live densely packed. According to these sources, the hawks, including Deputy Premier Avigdor Lieberman and top military brass heading the South Command, are pressing for an all-out assault on Gaza. This would require four to five divisions of troops, and its aim would be to arrest the leaders of Hamas and destroy the Islamist militant group that seized control of the territory from U.S.-backed President Mahmoud Abbas's militia last June. A full-scale assault, say military...
...BRAVE ONE Jodie Foster, returning to the sexual-attack theme of her Oscar-winning The Accused, plays a New York City radio personality who responds to an assault by going on her own private revenge spree. Neil Jordan, whose The Crying Game got a big Toronto boost 15 years ago, directs...