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...technical fall, giving the Crimson 13 critical points. Olsen fought through a tough bout to earn a 5-2 decision, and senior Tommy Picarsic (133) extended his winning streak to four bouts, but Harvard came up just short with losses at 141, 165, and 197.In bouts wrestled, the Crimson held a 19-13 edge over the Bears.HARVARD 34, AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE 3 In Friday’s contest, the Crimson dominated the Yellow Jackets (7-18), winning eight of nine matches in its return to the MAC.Harvard has not wrestled at home in over a year, and cheers and chants...
...crowded transit camp maintained by the government for displaced Tamil civilians in northern Sri Lanka. She killed and injured scores of Tamil men, women, and children awaiting transport to safer areas. A day later, the LTTE shot and killed 19 civilians as they attempted to cross over to government held areas. The incident was not widely reported in international media, perhaps due to its low political appeal. However, it is absolutely imperative that we resolve—as a global community—that no rebel group or government be allowed to commit such crimes against humanity again...
...colonial past—often lead such governments to take extreme precautions to ensure no covert foreign force creeps into their internal politics again. This was evident in Sri Lanka when the government ordered all non-governmental organizations except the International Committee of Red Cross to leave rebel-held areas in September 2008. This action was taken after Sri Lankan authorities learned that several NGOs had wittingly or unwittingly given material aid to the Tamil Tigers...
...from them. The government’s position was further consolidated when the program officer of another NGO, called “ZOA,” stated that he would remain with the LTTE to fight against the government, thus disobeying the demand to move out of the rebel-held area...
...kick-off to a campaign to enshrine Muslim women's rights within an Islamic framework. "We are here because we believe that Islam upholds the principles of equality and justice," said Musawah's project director Zainah Anwar, in her opening speech at the gala "Feast of Equals," held in a ballroom in a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur. "We are here because we believe that there is hope and possibility to reconcile the teachings of Islam with human rights, with women's rights, with democracy...