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...under 49 minutes later, though, as Harvard neared the completion of its third period of aggressive, crash-the-net play, Johnson tallied a goal nobody was going to take away...
...nightclubs in Bali. The Abu Sayyaf group bombed a superferry in February 2004 in the Philippines, the worst maritime terrorist attack in history. And, in 2003, Singaporean and Indonesian authorities disrupted an al-Qaeda-style operation by a J.I. cell to hijack an Aeroflot plane from Bangkok and crash it into the international airport in Singapore. In the past, Southeast Asian jihadist groups never attacked Western targets or engaged in suicide operations. Now they do; and they will continue to do so in the coming years. Second, al-Qaeda linked terrorist training camps are still active in Southeast Asia. True...
Most driving games tend to reward you for steering clear of other drivers. Not the Burnout franchise. You can still race around a track if you want, but where Burnout 3 (for PlayStation2 and Xbox; $49.88) really excels is in Crash Mode. Your task here is to speed kamikaze-like into a series of major intersections and create enough dollars' worth of auto carnage to merit a bronze, silver or gold medal. Time slows down at the moment of impact, and you can keep steering your careering car for maximum pileup potential. Sounds simple, but you will be surprised...
...third-row seats that stow effortlessly. The $34,000 touring model (prices start at $25,000) includes an automatic lift gate and a rearview camera. Honda has upped the safety margin too, with side air bags, curtain air bags and a frame that dissipates energy in a crash. The Odyssey is aiming for European handling, a stretch for any minivan, but the 255-h.p. variable-assist engine (it turns off unneeded cylinders) gives an able approximation. --By Bill Saporito
...career as a rural accountant and state banking bureaucrat. But he came to prominence in 1993 as head of Ukraine's new Central Bank, where he oversaw the introduction of the national currency and was credited with steering the country through the turbulence of the 1998 Russian economic crash. Tapped by President Leonid Kuchma as Prime Minister a year later, Yushchenko alienated Ukraine's financial oligarchs and overshadowed his unpopular boss, who fired him in 2001. As head of the Our Ukraine opposition bloc, he has become a skilled political adversary, leading meticulously planned demonstrations and framing the election...