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...after the cease-fire, and when Wickremesinghe lost power in April 2004 and was succeeded by a government allied to hard-line Sinhalese nationalists, the fighting intensified. The same year, the senior Tiger commander in the east, Karuna, broke away from the L.T.T.E., claiming its leaders were biased against eastern Tamils. The violence escalated in the east, and the L.T.T.E. accused the government of covertly backing Karuna. There was more anger after the December 2004 tsunami, which killed 36,000 Sri Lankans: Sinhalese hard-liners objected to giving the Tigers aid to distribute in areas they controlled, saying that would...
WORCESTER—For the first time in a long time, the winner’s dock belonged to somebody else.After three years and three consecutive Eastern Sprints titles, the Harvard varsity heavyweights relinquished their EARC dominance to No. 1 Princeton on a turbulent day at Lake Quinsigamond. A dramatic come-from-behind win for Harvard’s No. 1 second varsity, coupled with a third-place finish for the Crimson freshman eight, helped seal Harvard’s 27th Rowe Cup.Thunderstorms and rainfall suspended the lightweight and heavyweight varsity races for over an hour, and fans took cover...
...public view. The proposal drew accusations that Germany was trying to bury its past, although commission members insisted they merely wanted to place the study of the period with qualified experts. Though it opened up the files early, in other respects, Germany has been slower than its neighbors in Eastern Europe to examine its communist past. That may be about to change. "A struggle is going on over how Germans will think about the G.D.R. in the future," says Knabe. "Either it was a strange country with complete social security and no unemployment and kindergarten for everyone...
...anything, central banks in their determination to kill inflation before it happens may already have tightened too much. Over the last decade, the world has experienced a series of brutal deflationary shocks. They started with the collapse of the Mexican peso in the mid-1990s. In 1997, much of eastern Asia's flourishing economy was leveled. Next were Russia, Turkey and Argentina; Brazil teetered on the brink. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley, the pride of the U.S. economy, was crashing, while entire sectors of the so-called new economy disintegrated. And Japan, the world's second largest economy, was locked...
Doubts are fewer for the Harvard second varsity eight, which has claimed two consecutive gold medals at Eastern Sprints. Only a heartbreaking 0.6 second loss at Navy sullied an otherwise perfect dual season...