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...Mauricio Sanchez of Princeton. After taking the first two games of the semifinal match, West faltered, and Sanchez walked away with the 3-9, 6-9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-4 victory. West advanced to semifinals with a pair of wins on Saturday over Trevor McGuinness and Hesham El Halaby. The Crimson’s other two competitors in the Potter Cup bracket were captain Verdi DiSesa and senior Niko Hrdy, but both lost in the opening round of competition. DiSesa bowed to Rochester’s Jim Bristow, 9-1, 9-1, 9-4, and Hrdy lost...
...Hamas isn't invited to the Gaza aid conference set for the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday, but its control of the territory is an inescapable fact for those attending, including Secretary of State Clinton. Although the U.S. insists that reconstruction money for Gaza be directed through the Palestinian Authority in order to bypass Hamas, that distinction may soon become moot. Egypt, which has aided U.S. and Israeli attempts to isolate Hamas - a close ally of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood - is currently hosting reconciliations talks between Hamas and Fatah in Cairo. Egypt's hostility...
...imagery and atmosphere of the natural world. The instrumentation has been tweaked and new styles experimented with, but much of what has always made Vetiver a band worth listening to is the evocative and consistent tone of their music. With song titles such as “Down at El Rio” and “Arboretum” and a species of western Indian grass as their namesake, it is not surprising that the genre of their music is self-described as “Naturalismo.” With “Tight Knit” Vetiver...
Munir Makdah, the commander of Fatah militias in Lebanon and the head of security in Ein el Hilweh, keeps busy trying to survive the regular jihadist attempts on his life - there were five last year alone. Makdah is all that stands between Ein el Hilweh and chaos. When he's not out on patrol he serves as a patron of social programs for children. One of his favorites is the troupe that performs dabka, an Arab circle dance, at festivals around the world. The other is a school for Fatah fighters...
...almost two years and still hasn't sold a thing. But that's O.K. - he's not looking for buyers. Onnasch owns vast amounts of contemporary art and he's content with sharing his cultural wealth with the public. Running through 2009, the rotating exhibition at the art gallery El Sourdog Hex highlights 19 artists from the 1950s to the '90s. Works by German sculptor Markus Lüpertz go on display March 9-April 25, followed, on May 4, by a show on American neo-conceptual artist Peter Halley. Check out www.elsourdoghex.org. - by William Boston...