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...waging a violent campaign against Indian rule, said Saif-ul-Islam was tortured and shot after being taken into custody; police said he died during a gun battle. Thousands of Kashmiris joined a strike in protest at the killing, as lawyers in the region called for an investigation. Clash of Faiths Philippines Three Muslim mosques in the city of Davao on the southern island of Mindanao were attacked soon after a bomb at a ferry terminal killed 16 people and injured more than 50. The blast followed one at Davao airport last month, which killed 23 people and was blamed...
...debate, featuring Sperling and former Bush advisor R. Glenn Hubbard, was a clash of economic heavyweights, as both men have played key roles in shaping U.S. economic policy over the past decade...
...that stopped the U.S. march on Baghdad is ebbing, but Iraqi resistance remains fierce along the approaches to the capital. As both sides maneuvered Wednesday for advantage in what will be the decisive contest of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," U.S. officials warn that the battle for Baghdad may be a clash of brutal intensity, in light of the tenacious Iraqi resistance that has greeted coalition forces in southern and central Iraq...
...Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby to revamp the College experience and refocus it around academics. Lewis may well have irked undergraduates with his keg ban at Harvard-Yale, but he had an intelligent, holistic vision of undergraduate life. And even if Lewis’ personality clash with Summers made his departure inevitable, as University Hall insiders have confirmed, his balanced perspective should not be discarded when he leaves office in June. For catering to a broad range of students is at the heart of what keeps Harvard—and not MIT or Cal Tech?...
...termed by the Indonesian media. Yet one mention of her detractors is enough to energize her. "Write this down," she commands. "The MUI should realize that Indonesia is not a Muslim country, it's a democratic country." Inul, who says she prays daily, insists that her art doesn't clash with her Islamic beliefs and suspects the religious hierarchy castigates her because the real threats to Indonesia's fragile morality, particularly corrupt officials, are too dangerous to attack. "Why should they care about me when there are pornographic VCDs and prostitutes in the street? They choose me because...