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...disabled athletes capable of standing, with or without a prosthesis (the WOVD also holds "sitting" volleyball tournaments for wheelchair-bound players). Ranked top in Asia, Cambodia is one of eight national teams competing for a trophy that local artists have fittingly sculpted from melted-down AK-47 assault rifles. Canada, the reigning champion, is the team to beat. The German squad is also highly rated. Out of the running are Afghanistan and Rwanda, who pulled their teams at the last minute, pleading lack of funds...
...Great Arctic Grab How interesting that the front page of the Canadian edition has the U.S. flag outstanding [Oct. 1], out of all other flags, with the Canadian one being the least visible, on a piece of ice that belongs to Canada. There is no extent to America's "supremacy over the world" syndrome and the shameful lack of knowledge of your northern neighbor. How interesting that America still considers itself the belly-button of the world, after all its unsuccessful attempts to run the world its way. Marie-Andree Delisle, MONTREAL...
Other companies have heard Harvard’s message. The German engineering conglomerate Siemens, the Swiss-based power company ABB, and CHC Helicopter of Canada have all said that they will leave Sudan. In April, Rolls Royce announced it would shut down its activities there as well. “This is a responsible line to adopt in the current circumstances,” the carmaker said...
...also benefited from the strong freshman class of Stubbs, Vogt and Sperduto. Stubbs, who hails from Atlanta, was a member of the U.S. team competing in the World Junior Ultimate Championships in 2006. His current teammate, Vogt, played in that tournament as well, representing his home country of Canada. The talent and experience of the team’s youngest players has inspired the Red Line to adopt a more rigorous training regimen at a time when competition across the country is intensifying. Harvard’s fall Frisbee season will wrap up in two weeks at the Brown tournament...
...regular-season contest, in Mexico City, which drew a league-record crowd of 103,000. That event's success has spurred a more than 20% annual increase in revenue derived from Mexico since then, which is slated as a future international game destination, along with the UK, Germany, and Canada...