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...times, these election scandals get blown out of proportion,” she says. “For all the positions, really good people were elected...
They may not yet be at war, but President Bush and Saddam Hussein are already locked in a battle for time. The President is cracking the whip, trying to force the pace of a showdown. The reason: if he is to launch a full-blown invasion of Iraq by January - which is as early as the logistics of moving U.S. armed forces into the region will permit - he has only a matter of weeks to secure the requisite political decisions. And the Iraqi dictator is doing his best to slow things down, proclaiming his intention to abide by UN writ...
...political as well as a military force. But others, particularly Hamas leaders based outside the West Bank and Gaza, argue that it's more important than ever to show Israel that it can't stop Hamas. Some Hamas chiefs are worried that the debate could turn into a full-blown power struggle if the health of spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin continues to decline. Top Hamas officials tell TIME the quadriplegic Yassin, a unifying figure for moderates and hard-liners, was hospitalized last week with lung and bowel problems...
...matter how often he imagines how he would look in the papers?all shot up or blown to pieces like so many of his friends?there are times when Ghulam Mohiuddin Sofi knows he made the right decision to stand for election. One of these sublime moments came last week as his convoy of election workers and supporters neared Waskora, a tiny village in the lush Vale of Kashmir. A cheering, chanting crowd brought him to a halt, while men and women in nearby apple orchards and barley fields threw down their baskets and hoes and ran yelling to join...
...unlike the blown 2-0 lead in last year’s 5-4 season-opening defeat to Colorado College, the Crimson didn’t slip up again...