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Meanwhile, almost out of nowhere, a portly, mustachioed East Texan waded into the water in an old collared shirt and a goofy canvas hat. Of the several things the loquacious man told us, solicited or otherwise, he turned us on to one lure--a "can't miss" speckled trout-killer known only as "The Firechicken...
...problem with proxy armies is that they don't always pack up and go home when their sponsors do. The Indonesian military may have officially given up the ghost in East Timor, but their local militia allies on Thursday began menacing international peacekeepers, firing weapons into the air and massing for an attack in the capital, Dili. Australian troops, who make up the bulk of the United Nations force, came under sniper fire at a house where they were quartered, and even more worrying for the international soldiers were reports that Indonesian troops had fired their weapons near a peacekeeping...
...compound, and the airport at the second city of Baucau, and haven't yet landed significant armor ? and that increases the temptation of militiamen and any renegade Indonesian forces to strike now. While international pressure may have given Indonesia more to lose than to gain by holding on to East Timor, the same isn't true for the militiamen. The unearthing Wednesday of a grisly massacre site where up to 30 victims had been beheaded underscores the fact that some militia leaders may face trial for human rights abuses. There are a lot of hardened men with guns ? and nothing...
While Dalen has been sitting out, goalie Matt Smith has stolen the Terrier spotlight. Smith, a 6-3 freshman from Lanchester, England, has posted a 1-1-1 record and registered 15 saves, including seven against Creighton on Sunday. The performance earned the frosh America East Rookie of the Week honors...
...much as Jordan is forced to walk a tightrope between the interests of a broader Middle East peace and the sentiments of ordinary Jordanians, Hamas too has no interest in a confrontation with Jordan. The last time Palestinian exiles and their descendants, who now make up a majority of the Jordanian population, challenged the Hashemite throne ? in the "Black September" of 1970 ? the response was swift and brutal, leaving thousands of Palestinians dead and the PLO in exile. "Hamas will maintain that its struggle is with Israel and it has no quarrel with any Arab state," says Hamad. So while...