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...operation, which involved more than 1,200 Carabinieri officers, was yet another blow to the upper echelon of Sicily's legendary crime syndicate, following the capture of the top two godfathers over the past two years. Though not household names in Italy like those captured in 2006 and 2007, many of the men arrested Tuesday are veteran mafiosi, including Salvatore Lombardo, the 87-year-old alleged boss of the town of Montelepre. The suspects face charges of extortion, weapons- and drug-trafficking and belonging to an organized-crime outfit...
...moved beyond with Obama and with [Mayor Richard] Daley. And I think that it's a great city and it's a great place, and I hope that we don't get judged based on that. We're hoping for the Olympics, and I don't want anything to blow the chances of that...
...first half, despite a spirited comeback attempt late in the second half. The Crimson was without freshman forward Keith Wright, who was sick. A starter in all seven games this year, Wright is second on the team with 10.3 points per game. He will be out indefinitely, a major blow for Harvard, who kept it close nonetheless against its talented hosts before falling away near the end. “It’s not really a positive, because it was a 15-point loss, but we were undermanned,” senior guard Drew Housman said...
...have neither the intent nor the capability to engage in significant terror actions against the United States outside of Afghanistan itself. Our terror target should be Al Qaeda, but they are now of course based inside Pakistan. Only the government of Pakistan is positioned to deal them a mortal blow, and accomplishing that goal should be your priority, but your influence in Pakistan will decline if you escalate the fighting in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s army and its intelligence services suspect the United States of working in Afghanistan with India to take away Pakistan’s means...
...Chen's case is a milestone for Taiwan's young democracy. "This is the first time this has happened in the history of any Chinese civilization, and it's a good lesson for the rule of law," says political commentator Antonio Chiang. But, Chiang adds, it's also a blow to the nation's democratic movement which was first led by Chen's Democratic Progressive Party. "A lot of people have become cynical about democracy." Chiang says. "They don't trust politicians...