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Russia is at the thick of the new game. In an expedition that lacked nothing in patriotic bluster, a Russian-led team descended to the seabed on Aug. 2 and planted a titanium Russian flag directly on the North Pole. In early September, Russian bombers launched cruise missiles during Arctic exercises. But it isn't only the Russians who are staking their claims. On Aug. 10, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew to Resolute, a hamlet of 250 souls on Cornwallis Island in the northern territory of Nunavut, and announced plans for an Arctic military training facility and a refurbished...
...assault on the North Pole. With the funding (and presence aboard) of a Swedish millionaire and an Australian adventure-tour operator, the expedition trailed an icebreaker to the pole, where Sagalevich piloted one of two submersibles to a depth of 13,100 ft. (4,301 m), planted the Russian flag and then skillfully resurfaced through the shifting holes in the ice. Chilingarov said the flag was to "stake the place for Russia," although, in truth, Russia is already a dominant force in the Arctic; it has the world's largest fleet of icebreakers and long experience developing its icy northern...
Sagalevich professes bafflement. "I don't really know why some people got so nervous about [our] placing the Russian flag there," he told TIME. "The Americans placed their flag on the moon, and it doesn't mean the moon became theirs." The Russian acknowledges that though the mission "excited the whole world," it amounted to only a "pinprick" in Moscow's continued efforts to undergird its case for extended sovereignty in the Arctic. (In 2002 a U.N. commission shelved Russia's claim to more of the Arctic for lack of detailed technical evidence.) Nor, despite this summer's bravado...
...referees made quite a few questionable calls on Saturday. Late in the second quarter, with Harvard up, 14-0, Berry looked like he was going to intercept a pass in the endzone, when he was pulled down from behind by the Holy Cross receiver. The crowd booed when the flag was thrown—fearing a rare offensive pass interference call—the referee shocked everyone by calling a defensive penalty. The Crusaders scored their first touchdown on the very next play. And that was only the first of four pass interference calls against the Crimson...
...with Musharraf, the President is sullied by his relationship with Washington. Warns Gul: "The more the people of Pakistan become disillusioned with their leadership, and the more America gives support to that government which is failing the Pakistani people, the closer the time comes that someone picks up a flag and says, 'follow me, we are going to fight the Americans.' As President of Pakistan, as military leader, Pervez Musharraf is history. And if Americans try to reverse the course of history then it will be to their own disadvantage...