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Weaker Resolution The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution demanding that Sudan rein in Arab militiamen accused of ethnic cleansing against non-Arabs. The U.N. gave Khartoum 30 days to stop the bloodshed or the Security Council will consider economic sanctions against Sudan. The draft resolution had demanded automatic sanctions for noncompliance, but that was softened after several Security Council members, including China and Russia, objected. As many as 50,000 people have been killed in fighting and attacks by the militia, known as the Janjaweed, in the Darfur region of western Sudan. More than a million have been...
Finally, as those kept out of the convention made their way out past the black metal barriers around the FleetCenter, some were met by the oddest sight yet—a red, white and blue bandana-wearing man shouting “Win with Dean! Lose with Kerry! Draft Dean...
...team that's willing to win." (As opposed to all those fools who think the point is to lose.) So, in a power-sapping trade, the Lakers let O'Neal go in return for three Heat starters--Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and Caron Butler--plus a future first-round draft pick. The Lakers did manage to hang on to guard and persistent O'Neal rival Kobe Bryant, whose sexual-assault trial begins in August. What's sports lingo for Pyrrhic victory...
Crockett was a third-round selection of the Rockies in the 2002 Amateur Draft, and in two years of minor league ball entering this season was a combined 14-16 with a 3.42 ERA over three levels while...
...rising junior Frank Herrmann is playing both ways for the NECBL’s Berkshire Dukes, posting a 2-1 record and a 2.38 ERA while also hitting .260-4-11 in 50 at-bats…The Ivy League’s top draft pick this season, Princeton outfielder B.J. Szymanski, is hitting .295-3-12 in just 45 at-bats for the rookie-level Billings Mustangs since signing with the Cincinnati Reds earlier this month. After about five weeks of negotiating, the Reds inked their second-round selection for a $750,000 signing bonus. Szymanski celebrated the signing...