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...than 100 activists have begun what they call a "fast-unto-death." On the other side of the country, in the vast desert state of Rajasthan, a caravan of some 5,000 demonstrators and 500 camels paraded into the capital of Jaipur on Friday, agitating for the formation of Maru Pradesh, a state that would be carved out of some of Rajasthan's poorest districts. "Rajasthan is huge. It is not easy to keep track of all the villages, of the development or the lack of it," says Jaiveer Godara, the leading voice of the movement. "The person who lives...
There's Lolcats, RolCats, Garfield Minus Garfield, and Maru, the cat with a blog. There are kittens on Cute Things Falling Asleep, Cute Overload, and The Random Kitten Generator. And now, thanks to a clip of a humiliated feline forced to play the piano, there is another one to add to the mix: the website called Play Him Off, Keyboard...
...Pentagon's four-stars who serve as overseas combatant commanders are as much diplomats as warriors, and Fallon has proven to be a particularly deft one. After a Navy submarine struck the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru in 2001, killing nine aboard the vessel, Bush dispatched the admiral to Tokyo to deliver the U.S. apology to the government and an angry Japanese public. As Vice Chief of Naval Operations in 2002-2003 he impressed Rumsfeld, who was notorious for bullying his flag officers. When Fallon had to fill in for his boss at service chiefs meetings with Rumsfeld, he took...
...Harvard one point closer to victory in a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 decision. Anderson, in the No. 4 spot, bounced back after losing the first set to clinch the match for the Crimson with a 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 win over Clemson’s Maru Brito. Down 4-2, the Tigers managed to earn the last point as Luc took the three-set match against Mukundan by a score of 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. “[The win] shows how tough we are in critical situations,” Wang said...
...hammer and then sang the 1961 hit Ue o Muite Arukou (known abroad as the Sukiyaki song) to muster courage. At one point, the water rose to stomach level. (All were safely rescued by helicopter and boat on Thursday morning.) Also stranded were 167 people aboard the Kaiwo Maru, a sail-powered merchant-marine training ship that ran aground in the waters off Toyama, 255 km northwest of Tokyo. Awaiting rescue, some of the midshipmen dangled dramatically from the masts of the vessel...