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...Meanwhile, proposals to fence off Tasmanian peninsulas and establish devil colonies on nearby islands are about to be revisited, though some ecologists oppose using islands because of the damage an experienced new predator could do. Cordoning off peninsulas would also be expensive to maintain and hard to patrol. "Fencing out a disease is much harder than fencing out a predator," says Hamish McCallum. But like others, he worries about relying on captive devils, which will inevitably lose some wild traits: "I wouldn't want all my eggs in that basket...
...Serbian National Council, he is key to local resistance against any power but Serbia in northern Kosovo. Interviewed in his hospital office, Ivanovic, dressed in a leather jacket and surrounded by Serbian flags, says the E.U. would be wise to stay out of Mitrovica altogether. Any attempt to establish a presence in the town will lead to "illegal chaos and instability," he says. Serbs like Ivanovic want to prevent the E.U.-led mission because the U.N.'s departure could be seen as a further signal that Kosovo is a sovereign state - an idea they can't accept...
...minor at the time of the recording. The alleged victim, now 23 years old, has denied she is in the video. However, prosecutors are expected to call to the witness stand several people, including the alleged victim's relatives, to identify her as the person in the video and establish that she was a minor. In another strange twist, the Chicago Sun-Times reported last weekend that prosecutors will also call to the witness stand a woman who claims to have engaged in ménages a trois with Kelly and the alleged victim. Further complicating matters is Gaughan...
...Harvard’s second varsity crew raced similarly to the varsity eight against its Yale and Princeton counterparts. The Crimson came off the line strong, keeping up with the Bulldogs and the Tigers but ultimately failed to establish a firm base cadence from which to contest the rest of the race...
...soon as we hit the settle, Princeton gained a quick lead and those two boats just shot out in front,” sophomore coxswain Dexter Louie said. “The issue was that right from the get-go we were just not able to establish our rhythm. We couldn’t get our blades in the water and get a good pop and send...