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Syria, Lebanese officials contend, is attempting to derail U.N. efforts to set up a tribunal that could try Syrian officials implicated in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. If that's true, Lebanon, a year after the Israel-Hizballah war, could experience another scorching summer...
...demand Russian recognition, and subsequent incorporation into Russia. Hence, Moscow's headache: Should it go along with the Ahtisaari plan, it must insist that the same approach be applied to Russian allies, lest it loses face both with them and with its own increasingly nationalist population. But should Russia derail the Ahtisaari plan on grounds of opposing separatism, it has to find a better rationale to encourage its own separatist clientele...
...voted as the 111th captain of men’s hockey last spring for his all-around skills, both offensively and defensively, as well as for his team leadership. Such well rounded players have an edge that younger, less mature players often lack—a deficiency that can derail professional careers early on.“Dylan is a natural leader, and he relates with a lot of different guys,” Tobe said. “And he is obviously one of the best defensemen in the college game this year—very calm and composed?...
...essential that Democrats in the House and the Senate not back down from pursuing tougher gun control legislation. The killings at Virginia Tech have shown us the costs of a society awash in guns; now is not the time to allow pressure groups and political considerations to derail such important, commonsense measures...
Though it was not Harvard’s first glimpse of bad weather on what the team had hoped to be a sun-only trip, the conditions on Saturday for the Crimson’s match against the Broncos proved to be just bad enough to derail its hopes for a winning road trip, as Harvard fell to Santa Clara, 4-3, on a blustery afternoon...