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...most wicked men on the face of the earth since the days of Father Adam." Those words, spoken by polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, were recorded in a jailhouse phone conversation over year ago. On tape, he renounced his leadership of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, the breakaway Mormon sect whose latest run-in with the law saw hundreds of women and children rounded up by authorities in Eldorado, Texas...
...Network of Violence While breakaway elements of the MILF are accused of sheltering the bombers, so is Abu Sayyaf. One former member of that group told TIME the bombers are seen as heroes. "They know how to to preach, how to provide financial assistance, and they know how to make bombs," says the former terrorist over tea and sweets in his village home on Jolo. "They are valued." Philippine police confirm that Abu Sayyaf has embraced Dulmatin's bomb tutorials. Superintendent Leocardio Santiago, who heads the Special Action Force, says Dulmatin's bomb-making handiwork has been apparent...
...Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits. The two sides hadn't met since 1999, when Taiwan's then-President Lee Teng-hui's offended China by referring to their relations as "state-to-state." China considers Taiwan to be a breakaway territory and bristles at any reference to it as a sovereign government. "The resumption of talks is always encouraging," says Andrew Yang, head of the Taipei-based Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies. "Now a brief encounter between the two sides unveils a new historical chapter for cross-strait relations...
...ECAC playoffs and then beat Clarkson 3-0 in the semifinals to set up a rematch with St. Lawrence—the team that knocked Harvard out of the ECAC Tournament in 2007—in the conference finals.It took an extra 3:33, but an overtime breakaway goal from Cahow gave the Crimson a 3-2 victory and the tournament crown.All the momentum seemed to be on Harvard’s side. The team easily defeated Dartmouth, 5-1, in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, completing an undefeated season at Bright Hockey Center.That win, the 300th career...
...knew we had to get a goal really soon,” Vaillancourt said. “I ended up racing to the puck and went on a breakaway and beat the goalie...