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...shutout of Yale in The Game, Harvard and Pizzotti earned their second consecutive Ivy title, the first back-to-back championships for the Crimson since 1982-83.And Pizzotti’s hard work and persistence paid off, as he’s now fighting to make it out of Jets camp and extend his football career. “It is a little interesting,” Pizzotti said of playing with the Jets. “Growing up, I was always a die-hard Patriots fan. I’ve been taking a lot of heat from my friends...
...Some climbers have said that global warming is making the hike up Everest more dangerous. Did you notice anything different this time around? In the six weeks I spent living down at base camp, I've never heard so many avalanches in every direction. Two people got killed while I was there because they tried to get up the icefall to Camp 1. They were climbing at a sensible time, like 6 a.m., before the sun was up, and still got blown out. They found one pair of boots. You need quite a lot of blast to blow somebody...
...interests, relative to the costs of supporting Pyongyang internationally, that vexes Beijing's leadership. Just as there have been tensions in Washington over how to handle the North - during the Bush Administration, those favoring a harder line prevailed at first, before the State Department's "negotiate now, negotiate forever" camp took over - so, too, are there conflicting opinions in Beijing over what to do. As described by a diplomatic source who had direct involvement in the six-party talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry - which is tasked with integrating Beijing's North Korea policy with its relations around the world, including...
...army and the Taliban continue to battle each other street by street. In recent days, the army has claimed a flurry of successes: recapturing key intersections in Mingora, retaking Pakistan's only ski resort at Malam Jabba (which was being used by the Taliban as a training camp and logistics base) and clearing the former militant stronghold of Matta. Militants are now reportedly retreating from Mingora to Kabal. The army has made a push toward Kabal, but it says it is facing "stiff resistance" there. (See pictures of Osama bin Laden...
...Back at Aman camp, Liaqat Tarakai inspects a building that once served as a storage facility for his tobacco. "I am going to make this into a hospital," he says. "We will have a ward, equipment, everything." But even he realizes there are limits on how much he can do, and for how long. The army claims to have cleared much of Buner and has begun to call residents back. In the coming weeks, Aman's parents may be able to take their baby home. "But the Swatis will be staying," says Tarakai, "for some time...