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...Sadr City, the militia's base in east Baghdad, heavy fighting erupted again Saturday night as the Mahdi Army continued street battles with Iraqi forces backed by U.S. airstrikes and American ground troops. At least 13 were reported to have died in overnight clashes...
Which is why this Sunday's presidential election promises to be such an important turning point for Paraguay - and one that holds significance for the rest of South America. The front-runner is a former Catholic bishop, Fernando Lugo, a liberal whose base is the poor rural heartland, where he is popular for his work with landless peasants. If elected, Lugo would be the first former Catholic bishop ever to become President of a nation. He has also pledged to tear up electricity price contracts with neighbors like Brazil, deals that he charges cheat Paraguay out of hundreds of millions...
...games and the Crimson remains last in the Ivies with a .235 team batting average.The bats have come alive over the past four games, as production has increased up and down the order. One veteran, Vance, has come out his midseason slump by hitting .417 with a .611 on-base percentage in the last four games. Senior Matt Kramer has also become a force and has batted .375, blasted two long balls, and driven in six runs since the first game of the Yale series last Saturday.Freshmen are beginning to emerge as well. In the last four games, leadoff hitter...
...opening frame. Those were the only two runs that Harvard starting pitcher Bailey Vertovez gave up.The Crimson scored all of its runs in a four-run fifth inning. But the Eagles didn’t take long to respond. Boston College got their first two batters on base to start the sixth inning. With two on and no one out Allard sent Madick to the circle to replace sophomre Margaux Black in an effort to stop the momentum swing. Madick, though, walked the first batter she faced to load the bases. The next hitter blasted a grand slam over...
...aspects, by sanctoning supervisors and even bishops who had "aided and abetted" the crimes? Levada responded that cases would have to be judged individually: "I would want to see the situations that we'd be talking about," he said. "I personally do not accept that there is a broad base of bishops who are guilty of 'aiding and abetting' pedophiles...