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Russian opposition leader Maksharip Aushev knew he was taking a risk when he spoke out against corruption in his native Ingushetia, the troubled North Caucasus republic where the body of human-rights worker Natalya Estemirova was discovered in July. But Aushev spoke out anyway--and paid the price for his bravery. On Oct. 25, the 43-year-old businessman, who became a human-rights activist after his son and nephew were reportedly tortured by police in 2007, became the third opposition figure murdered in four months when his car was sprayed with bullets as he traveled to visit relatives. Though...
...Crimson knew it would have to leave everything in the pool at the Northern Division Championships. The squad did just that, but it was MIT that got the last laugh. The Engineers prevented Harvard water polo from advancing in the postseason for the second straight year...
After beating Dartmouth on Halloween, the Harvard women’s soccer team (9-6-1, 6-1 Ivy) knew they had the Ivy League Championship crown, and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, in the bag. But the Crimson wanted more...
...just a matter of when we were going to score,” Mann said. “Obviously we wanted to score before time even ran out—Sheeleigh took a great chance—but as soon as we went into overtime we knew it was only a matter of time before...
...opposition and front-runner in the presidential race, has called for the Health Minister to be fired and accused Tymoshenko of putting people's health at risk by launching her own presidential campaign with a rally just six days before the ban on public gatherings was announced. "Tymoshenko knew she shouldn't bring such a large number of people to Kiev. It was a feast at the time of a plague," he says. Current President Viktor Yushchenko - Tymoshenko's former partner in the 2004 Orange Revolution and now her bitter rival - also attacked her for holding a campaign rally, saying...