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...after the first quarter, but would never pull closer, as the Broncos demonstrated why they are ranked among the nation’s top 20 teams.“Against Santa Clara we were playing a very good team,” Atkinson said. “The team fought hard, but it wasn’t close.”Voith found the back of the net twice and Atkinson, Lee, Eliot, and sophomore Kevin DiSilvestro comprised the rest of the offense. Senior Nikhil Balaraman got his second start of the weekend for Harvard, but could do little...
...election victory in June by Hariri's U.S.- and Saudi-backed alliance seemed to promise the closing of a three-year chapter of war and political upheaval. Ever since it fought a 33-day war with Israel in the summer of 2006, the Shi'ite Hizballah movement has challenged the legitimacy of the Lebanese government, accusing it of secretly trying to disarm the anti-Israeli "resistance." For its part, the ruling coalition has accused the Hizballah-led opposition of attempting a coup d'état at the behest of Iran and Syria. After Hizballah prevailed decisively in a brief armed...
...Developing countries refuse to do this. They say the hard-fought Kyoto Protocol, whose successor they will be working out at Copenhagen, is unequivocal in laying out differentiated responsibilities, and since the biggest polluters have yet to fulfill their responsibilities, the goalposts cannot be changed. But, they add, India will be happy to green its energy mix if the West provides the money and technology (this is the common position of developing countries - Brazil, India and China have all submitted proposals demanding that funds and technology flow from rich to poor countries to enable the latter to undertake mitigation...
...Somerville Democrat whose U.S. House district includes Cambridge, obtained nomination papers yesterday to run for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant after the death of Edward M. Kennedy. “I believe that the voters of Massachusetts want to continue the progressive ideals that Senator Ted Kennedy fought for during his decades of service,” Capuano said, according to the Boston Globe. “No other candidate being mentioned or already announced more closely mirrors Ted Kennedy’s position on important issues of war and peace.” Capuano said obtaining papers...
...dozen friends and loyal patrons who had turned up to celebrate her hard-won victory applaud in agreement. Her husband P. Suppiah, 55, a local businessman dressed in a coat and tie, stands by her, nodding in agreement. "They thought we would cut our losses and run ... but we fought back and have toppled a giant," he says. (Read about how McDonald's is giving Starbucks a run for its money...