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...Palestinian territories. Prime Minister Haniyeh will not slink off quietly, and his Hamas forces are more disciplined than Abbas's men and equally well armed. So far, Fatah and Hamas shrugged off pleas from Arab governments that the only victor in a fight between them would be their common foe, Israel. One miltia linked to Abbas, the al-Aksa Martyr's Brigade, has vowed to start assassinating Hamas leaders in Palestine and abroad. Israelis military officials are also alarmed by the chaos in Gaza; they fear that, inevitably, a civil war among Palestinians will flood over into Israel...
...this past weekend to Hanover, N.H., for the Dartmouth Invitational, the Harvard women’s volleyball team prevailed in two come-from-behind nailbiters and a blowout, capturing the tournament title and moving to 2-0 in the Ivy League.Against both Dartmouth on Friday night and non-league foe Robert Morris on Saturday morning, the Crimson (8-5) dropped the first two frames before storming back to win the match in five.“Because of the mental toughness and the trust that we have in each other,” senior setter Sarah Cebron said...
...Harvard, perhaps support from another species will swing fortune in the Crimson’s direction. Harvard, with no games left in the month of September, looks to turn over a winning leaf this coming Sunday as the Crimson hit the road again to face another non-conference foe in the form of Duke (7-2). Game time in Durham, North Carolina...
Their opponent, upstate neighbor Cornell, outgained its foe by a comfortable margin and, for the second straight week, still lost by more than ten points. The team still hasn’t scored a touchdown...
...Mets have skipped through the regular season. After they started 10-2 in April, no division foe, not even the 14-time defending division champion Atlanta Braves, has mounted a threat. For the play-offs, the only concern is the health of New York's starting pitchers--particularly Martinez. A calf injury put Pedro on the DL in August, and he has been inconsistent since returning. Glavine missed two weeks in August with blood clots in his left ring finger but insists he has never felt stronger in his 20-year career. A weak National League offers the Mets...