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...across the valley. Images beamed from the drones to video monitors at Bagram showed three men approaching Roberts. They were at first thought to be friendly. Then Roberts was seen trying to flee. About three hours after the first incident, two more Chinooks set off from Bagram on a dual mission: to rescue Roberts and to insert more troops at Ginger. One of the choppers took heavy machine-gun fire. It shuddered and spiraled toward the ground but managed to crash-land less than a mile from the place the first pair had come under attack. As the troops clambered...
Before Paul died, in 1994, we'd agreed we'd eventually end up at Casa Dorinda, the lovely retirement community in Santa Barbara where I live now. Paul had been in a nursing home for five years before he died, so my transition from our dual life to a single one was gradual. It was hard, of course. We'd had such a cooperative marriage. First I'd helped him in his diplomatic work; then he'd helped with my books and television shows. But I decided to go on, to continue with my work, which I love. I also...
...across the valley. Images beamed from the drones to video monitors at Bagram showed three men approaching Roberts. They were at first thought to be friendly. Then Roberts was seen trying to flee. About three hours after the first incident, two more Chinooks set off from Bagram on a dual mission: to rescue Roberts and to insert more troops at Ginger. One of the choppers took heavy machine-gun fire. It shuddered and spiraled toward the ground but managed to crash-land less than 1,500 m from the place the first pair had come under attack. As the troops...
ZIMBABWE Last-Minute Campaigning, Mugabe-Style In the run-up to the presidential vote, incumbent Robert Mugabe reinstated changes to election law that the Supreme Court had earlier ruled illegal. Zimbabweans with dual citizenship and most of those living abroad were barred from voting. The law also gave the government a monopoly on voter education and election monitoring. Critics said the moves were meant to hurt Mugabe's challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai. As voting began, heavy turnout led Tsvangirai to call for the two-day poll to be extended to ensure broad participation...
After getting off to a solid 5-0 start to its dual-match season, the No. 43 Harvard men’s tennis team lost its first contest of the year 5-2 to Northwestern Saturday afternoon at the Murr Center...