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With the Crimson leading by eight late in the opening half, freshman forward Kyle Casey came into the game and made two high-energy plays. On the first, he chased down Dartmouth guard Robby Pride on a fast break and swatted his lay up off the backboard. Moments later, sophomore guard Oliver McNally launched an alley-oop from outside the three-point line to a soaring Casey, who flushed home the deuce...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Dominates Big Green in Ivy Opener | 1/9/2010 | See Source »

...size of the CIA, the loss it suffered when a Jordanian assumed to have been an asset penetrating al-Qaeda instead detonated an explosives belt at a gathering of agency personnel, was the equivalent of the Army losing a battalion. It was a major setback for the CIA after eight years at war, not to mention the fact that it coincided with a moment when the Agency is under political attack in this country on issues ranging from torture to intelligence failings prior to the Christmas Day airline-bombing plot. But the Khost attack is also evidence of the intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khost CIA Bombing: Assessing the Damage in Afghanistan | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...consequences of the Taliban's expansion are unmistakable. Shortly before the Khost bombing, the U.S. military chief of intelligence, Major General Michael Flynn, wrote in a report subsequently made public, "Eight years into the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. intelligence community is only marginally relevant to the overall strategy." His report went on to say that U.S. intelligence is "clueless" and "ignorant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Khost CIA Bombing: Assessing the Damage in Afghanistan | 1/8/2010 | See Source »

...Mohammed Reza Heydari told the Norwegian broadcaster NRK that his decision to step down was tied to the crackdown, during which security forces fired directly into crowds. At least eight people were killed, including the nephew of the opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. "It was the Iranian authorities' treatment of demonstrators over the Christmas period that made it clear to me that my conscience forbids me from continuing my job at the embassy," Heydari was quoted as saying by NRK. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Iran, a Diplomat Resigns Over Crackdown | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...August 2009, eight months after Wickrematunge's murder, Tamil journalist Jayaprakash Tissainayagam was sentenced to 20 years in prison when he was found guilty of aiding terrorism. Later that year, Poddala Jayantha, a prominent media-rights activist, left the country due to ongoing threats. "It is not only where the Lasantha Wickrematunge investigation has progressed, but also where all the investigation into the assassinations, assaults and intimidation of journalists have progressed," says Lakshman Gunasekera, president of the national chapter of the media-rights group South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA). "The manner the investigation has moved does not give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lanka Journalists Still on Edge After Editor's Death | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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