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...forces' most dangerous adversaries are the Haqqanis, who have sworn loyalty to Omar while operating semi-independently in the eastern Afghan provinces and also across the border in Pakistan. Since the days of the jihad against the Soviets, Pakistani spy service the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has kept close ties with the Haqqanis. Now the Pakistanis are resisting demands by Washington to clear the Haqqanis out of their lair in the Pakistani territory of North Waziristan. Pakistani officials insist they will - but within six months. For now, they say, their 140,000 troops are too busy fighting...
...Friday night, St. Lawrence got desperate. But with the pressure on, Harvard senior Randi Griffin kept her cool...
Cornell was not deterred and kept insisting on a comeback. A three-pointer by the Big Red’s Lauren Benson made the score 26-17 with seven minutes left before the break...
...brilliance, it was Clarkson that stole the show early on, storming out to a two-goal lead in the first half of the game. The No. 5 Crimson (18-6-5, 13-6-3) held off the Golden Knights for the first 10 minutes, but Clarkson kept the pressure on while its first power-play unit lay dormant in the arsenal...
...Crimson’s defense, backstopped by freshman Laura Bellamy, kept the Saints off the board through two first-period power plays—limiting St. Lawrence to just two shots in four minutes of man-up action...