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...chilling insight into what might have happened. The soldiers "seized me at gunpoint and handcuffed my hands behind my back," said Sergeant Viliame Lotawa of the night he was taken from the police station. "I was punched, kicked and beaten with blunt objects such as rifle butts and iron rods. I was beaten all the way to [Queen Elizabeth Barracks]." Lotawa says his attackers included a former Fijian rugby international, Sergeant Jack Komaitai. Komaitai told Time last week there was no truth to the allegation. Another survivor, Metuisela Railumu, told the court he was taken by soldiers to a shooting...
...truly envy the recipient of the “HUDSIE Iron Chef Award.” You have showed us that with a little creative work with dining hall food you can whip up whatever your heart desires. Where did you get that amazing grilled chicken Caesar salad? I’m pretty sure I didn’t see that dish being served. While I struggle to find the appropriate peanut butter to jelly ratio, you are creating a masterful tuna melt sandwich. One time I even saw you walk up to the microwave with a cheeseburger, two baby...
What’s harder: cooking a meal where every dish must include onion, or trying to convince Annenberg mainstay and campus celebrity Domna Antoniu that it actually tastes good? Defending champion Harvard RAZA did both, once again claiming the title of “Iron Chef” in the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association (HRCSA)’s third annual cook-off on Saturday night in a packed Winthrop House Junior Common Room. Returning competitors Fuerza Latina, HRCSA, and RAZA were joined by rookies from the Black Students Association (BSA) and the Italian American Association as they...
...Roman truism says that every new Pope changes the papacy, and the papacy changes every new Pope. In the case of Benedict XVI, a casual observer might wonder if the man who once was an iron-clad Cardinal has recently gone soft. Back in September, Benedict broke fresh ground for his ancient office by delivering an intellectually charged - and baldly controversial - lecture on faith, reason and violence. It was the young papacy's quintessential Ratzinger moment, as the 79-year-old professor-turned-pope returned to his old university in Regensburg to draw a theological line in the sand that...
...months now, al-Maliki has promised to deal with the sectarian violence with ?an iron fist? - that's his expression. He will undoubtedly make similar promises in the course of his visit to Jordan. But Iraqis have learned from bitter experience that their lame duck leader does little more than quack...