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...captain Jeremy Lin, along with sophomore guard Oliver McNally and freshman Brandyn Curry, chipped in with eight rebounds and held the Eagles’ Reggie Jackson to four, half of his typical output...
After missing their first seven shots of the game, the Eagles held their visitors scoreless over a span of eight minutes. BC junior Joe Trapani came out strong, collecting his team’s first 10 points of the game and a total of 17 in the half. His teammates caught fire as well, and the Eagles used a 14-0 run to seize a lead as great as nine...
Three months after a German-ordered air strike in Kunduz, Northern Afghanistan, Germany's Defense Ministry is poised to pay compensation to the relatives of Afghan civilians killed in the attack. On Wednesday, a lawyer representing victims' families held talks with Defense Ministry officials in Berlin aimed at hammering out a compensation deal. "This isn't just about dishing out a few dollars," Karim Popal, a Bremen-based lawyer representing 80 relatives of victims, tells TIME. "We want to set up a special fund and provide long-term help for the women and children who lost their families' breadwinners...
...Merkel has said she won't make a decision on deploying any more German troops until after the international conference on Afghanistan to be held in London on Jan. 28. But with Horst Seehofer - leader of her Christian Democrats' sister party and coalition partner, the Bavarian Christian Social Union - already signaling his opposition to boosting German forces, it's clear that the decision won't be easy...
...UNAIDS' coordinator in Uganda, Ruben del Prado, was prematurely transferred to India after he quietly held meetings with LGBT groups about the possibility of prevention work among the community. The Ugandan government accused him of holding secret meetings with groups "that promote homosexuality." Since then, Western aid officials have been decidedly silent on the topic of homosexuality and HIV. Officials at UNAIDS, for example, say their organization has adopted a formal policy not to comment on the proposed law. A UNAIDS official in Uganda, who declined to be identified, says the group believes "quiet diplomacy" is the best approach...