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...breakthrough, investigators tell TIME, came a week after the Nov. 26 arrests of 16 men in France and Belgium suspected of providing logistical support for extremist Islamic organizations. One of the suspects held in France, a Tunisian named Adel Tebourski, told investigators he recognized Dahman, a fellow Tunisian who lived in Belgium, from news coverage that included photos of Massoud's killers. "These two were close, and they go back a long way," a French justice official said. Tebourski told police both he and Dahman were members of a radical group that played a major role in sending new recruits...
...rulebook that would turn the treaty into law, and agree on sanctions for non-compliance. Although the agreement at Marrakech has reduced the ambitions of the treaty to a 2 percent cut on 1990 emissions levels, Kyoto optimists argue that even such a largely symbolic cut heralds a breakthrough moment in international collective action to counter global warming...
...conflict reached new levels of barbarism this past week, nobody was talking about a peace agreement. The deal that almost came about last January is a distant memory, and so are the Oslo Accords, Sharm-el-Sheikh and the proposed Camp David agreements. Although Israelis and Palestinians need a breakthrough deal more desperately than ever before, the peace process continues to be held captive by Palestinian extremists and a trigger-happy Israeli military. According to many commentators, fault lies with the political elites. The more cynical argue that peace is impossible under the current Israeli and Palestinian leadership, and that...
With the the Crimson and the Quakers trading points, Harvard needed a breakthrough performance. The 100-yard butterfly would be just what the team needed. Fraser took first in 57.56 followed directly by Bates...
With the the Crimson and the Quakers trading points, Harvard needed a breakthrough performance. The 100-yard butterfly would be just what the team needed. Fraser took first in 57.56 followed directly by Bates...