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Cuban President Fidel Castro normally can't stand being ignored. But he has chosen a moment when the world is looking the other way to carry out a startling roundup of dissidents opposed to his 44-year-long communist rule. Since March 18, the day before war broke out in Iraq, 78 dissidents and independent journalists have been jailed, accused of treason for allegedly being financed by the U.S. The evidence? Some of them recently met with American diplomatic officials who are permitted to work in Havana. But a prominent dissident who has not been arrested is physicist Oswaldo Paya...
...company spent that first night camped on the southeastern outskirts of Samawah, an ancient mud-brick city built over an elbow of the Euphrates River. At 3am on Monday, they got the order to move through the town and secure two bridges. The first thing Talraas noticed as dawn broke were the palm trees and lush green fields. "It almost reminded me of an old Vietnam movie," he says. "We came into the desert, but this was very, very green...
...smoke screen in front of the suspected enemy positions. This was the last straw for a dozen of them, who promptly started waving white flags and walking towards American lines. A few minutes later the infantry began a cautious advance. There was no enemy fire and Hughes said, "We broke their back last night...
...Gophers finally broke through into the third period, notching their only goal of the game on a controversial play. Gopher freshman Natalie Darwitz poked the puck towards Ruddock and then dove into the net, knocking it off its mooring. After reviewing the play on tape, the refs awarded Darwitz a goal, concluding that the puck had crossed the goal line before the net was dislodged...
With two minutes left in the game, Chu and junior linemate Tracy Catlin broke in on a two-on-none. Chu took the puck all the way to the crease before sending a quick, short pass to Catlin, who roofed it over Horak and into the goal...