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There is no doubt that the murkiest corner of the shadow war on terrorism has been the CIA's kidnapping suspected terrorists and shipping them to secret prisons around the globe--where obeying the Geneva Conventions is more an exception than the rule--a practice known as rendition. Unfortunately, some of those snatched by CIA officers were innocent. German citizen Khaled el-Masri was one such victim. El-Masri was vacationing in Macedonia in December 2003 when authorities arrested him on wrongful suspicions that his passport was fake. A tragic case of mistaken identity then played out. El-Masri...
...save Citi when other banks are going under? Citigroup, with $160 billion in revenue last year, more than 300,000 employees and tendrils in every corner of finance, both domestically and abroad, is the poster child for an institution that is allegedly "too big to fail." A much smaller financial institution, Lehman Brothers, was allowed to go down - and shock waves hit corners of the financial world, like money-market mutual funds, that no one had anticipated. The fear is not only of pain inflicted but also of unpredictability...
...Hais compound, the dancers withdraw, and it's time for the main event. A portable dais is hauled into a corner of the quadrangle, and a series of sheiks troop up to it and make brief speeches. Their political inexperience is revealed by their language, which is absurdly over the top. Opponents of the SOFA are denounced as "enemies of Iraq" and "antinationals." There are ad hominem attacks on some of the politicians opposed to the agreement. The IIP is not mentioned by name, but nobody here is in any doubt that most of the vitriol is aimed...
...Teams focus on [captain] Matt [Curtis] in their gameplan,” senior corner Andrew Berry says. “I think a lot of teams this year are starting to realize what a great player Carl is. He’ll be a force next year as well...
...season-high 138 yards last week, and so clamping down on the run game will remain Harvard’s main defensive focus.“I have a lot of respect for [Brook Hart], being only a sophomore, he has very little experience,” senior corner Andrew Berry says. “We want to put the pressure on him to beat us. That’s what our focus is, stop the run early on and force them to put the ball in the air.”With both squads so evenly matched...