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...Israel had "lost all moral ground" in the conflict. But U.S. President George W. Bush defended Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a "man of peace," saying Israel was meeting a timetable to pull back from Palestinian territories. With the army still encircling West Bank towns, Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, the U.N. Security Council reaffirmed a call for Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territories and voted to send a fact-finding team to Jenin...
...award athletic scholarships or redshirt players—allowing first-years to practice with the team, yet preserve a year of athletic eligibility—Harvard sports teams are already at a competitive disadvantage compared to other Division I teams. Decreasing the number of athletic recruits would only compound that disadvantage. In addition, a decrease in the number of recruited athletes would compromise junior varsity athletic programs, as fewer prospective players would be admitted—forcing young recruits to shoulder an even greater load on the varsity teams...
...perpetrated many more. Arafat has allied himself with Iran in order to smuggle heavy weapons to Palestinian forces, clearly illustrated by the Karine A weapons-boat debacle, and has refused to jail and hold radical militants. A document released by the Israeli government, found last week in the PA compound in Ramallah, actually details financial compensation demanded by Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade for its orchestration of suicide attacks. Furthermore, one of the recent suicide attacks was perpetrated by a man only recently released from a Palestinian prison. Muhammad Hashaika, whose attack killed three and wounded dozens more, had been arrested...
Should the raiding party burst into the compound and risk a shoot-out, or surround the place and wait for the suspects to surrender? Hussain couldn't decide. In the end, his men did both. At 3 a.m., more than 100 police crept up to Shabaz Cottage. In case the suspects escaped, Hussain also mounted 40 police checkpoints on all the main roads in Faisalabad; each had Zubaydah's photo...
...DEEP END Anybody who's been near one knows that indoor swimming pools reek of chlorine. But what you may not know is that when chlorine mixes with skin cells and skin-care products, it can form a variety of volatile compounds, some of which may be harmful to a developing fetus. Researchers in Britain found that the amount of at least one organic compound, chloroform, is 35 times higher in pools than in tap water. Advice to pregnant women: shower off before taking the plunge...