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...Bears (18-9, 10-3 Ivy) claimed their 18th victory of the season—a school record for wins in a campaign—in a 78-62 win over the Crimson (8-21, 3-10).“Brown was just able to play consistent for a longer period of time than we were,” sophomore guard Jeremy Lin said. “We had some great runs and we had some bad periods.”After a few key Crimson turnovers, the Bears jumped ahead by double digits just five minutes into the game...
...wasn't just ethnic minorities who abandoned Abdullah's coalition. The P.M. heads the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), a Malay-based party that dominates the 14-party National Front. In a clear sign that UMNO can no longer automatically count on Malay votes, two of Abdullah's former cabinet members lost their parliamentary seats. One beneficiary was PAS, some of whose leaders have previously advocated instituting Islamic Shari'a law nationwide. With crime rates rising, PAS candidates struck a chord by preaching that their spiritual values would be more successful in managing society than UMNO's policies...
...energy supplies to Europe. This consolidation of ties with Serbia achieves two Russian strategic goals: taking over national energy assets of European countries; and keeping erstwhile allies of the Soviet Union from being drawn into the Western fold. To emphasize warming ties, travel between Russia and Serbia will no longer require visas...
...recently claimed; it’s alive and well and dominating Top 40 radio. Where once the scope of black music’s influence on white America was largely limited to how much blues the Rolling Stones decided to incorporate into a given song, black musicians today no longer need filters or conduits to reach the public. Rock music—a tradition that owes more to Chuck Berry than it does to Elvis—has become lily-white in the past few decades in terms of both musicians and fans. So an important question arises: just when...
...general elections in the Palestinian territories, it halted suicide bombings, though other Palestinian groups persisted. Many suicide bombers tried to slip into Israel, and most were caught, lulling many Israelis in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem into thinking that the nightmare of the Intifada bombings was behind them. No longer. With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Bethlehem and Aaron J. Klein/Jerusalem