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Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi must have seemed an incongruous sight—bedecked in his lavish, though traditional, gold attire with trademark sunglasses, the leader of Libya humbly laid his head down on the table at the African Union summit in Ethiopia in a gesture of diplomatic defeat. The normally confident Gaddafi was facing stiff resistance to his newest geopolitical plan, the United States of Africa. Unsurprisingly, many African nations have reacted coolly to Gaddafi’s plans for a politically united Africa, with the relatively wealthy and stable nations of South Africa, Ethiopia, and Kenya taking a prominent...
...This development represents not only a military withdrawal, but also a defeat for the AU and its ability to promote stability and order in its nations. Gaddafi’s pressure to bolster the AU can only help in this regard; though a continental army might be impractical, greater cooperation and expansion in the AU’s armed forces is necessary in order to restore some sort of stability to Somalia and support the transitional federal government...
...After two heated periods of scoreless hockey, Harvard (12-7-3, 11-4-2 ECAC) broke through on a power play in the third to defeat Yale (9-14-0, 5-11-0), 2-1, at Bright Hockey Center...
...Tigers’ Mary O’Toole for her first loss of the season.Freshmen No. 1 June Tiong and Sophomores No. 2 Alisha Mashruwala and No. 9 Alexandra Zindman all fell, 3-0, to complete the scoring.Princeton has had its way with Harvard for the past three seasons, defeating the team handily, 6-3, both last year and in the Howe Cup title match the season before. But yesterday’s performance was the most competitive match the two have played during that span.The Crimson is confident that the next time the two play, which could very well...
After months of anticipation in a rollercoaster season, the Crimson opened Ivy League competition by continuing its up-and-down trend.Harvard wrestling (2-8, 1-3 EIWA) traveled to Penn and Princeton on Saturday, bringing mixed results as it split the dual contests. After a morning 35-12 defeat at the hands of the Quakers, the Crimson rebounded to overtake the Tigers, 32-9, in the afternoon.“We wrestled okay against Penn and a lot better against Princeton,” Harvard coach Jay Weiss explained. “We had more intensity [in doing] some...