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...vice president brought the disquieting news that Iraq's "ability to miniaturize weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear," had been "substantially refined since the first Gulf War," Armey recalled ... According to Armey, Cheney also reported that al Qaeda was "working with Saddam Hussein and members of his family...
David M. Greer, an assistant professor of neurobiology at Mass. General Hospital, said that while caffeine increases blood pressure, he was unaware of any study showing that coffee or caffeine could increase blood’s “stickiness” or viscosity...
...Godoy's initial assertion is correct, the bombing would mark a worrying escalation in the wave of drug related violence that has ravaged Mexico this year. Heavily armed cartels have carried out thousands of brutal killings, including mass beheadings and machine gun massacres of their rivals. They have also assassinated hundreds of police, soldiers and mayors. But they have never before staged mass-casualty bomb attacks targeting civilians in public spaces. "This is open terrorism against the civil population," said Ricardo Aleman, columnist for Mexico's El Universal newspaper. "It claims lives with the objective of sowing terror and sending...
...spiked fence; the rumor incited a group of 200 youths to throw home-made explosives at police, 40 of whom were injured in the melee. The late Saddam Hussein regularly spread rumors to discourage resistance to his dictatorship. In light of this, rumors that he possessed weapons of mass destruction may ironically have first originated from Hussein himself, as well as Hussein's opponents (like Ahmed Chalabi and other Iraqi defectors) who desired U.S. assistance in toppling...
...Harvard dominated the competition, winning both divisions of the regatta. The Crimson finished a respectable tenth at the Anderson Trophy.Meanwhile, the women’s team sailed in two events—the Man-Labs Trophy in Cambridge on Saturday and the Captain’s Cup in Medford, Mass. on Sunday. Harvard recorded third- and fourth-place team finishes respectively at the two events.“We’re looking good in comparison to the competition,” junior Liz Powers said. “I’m excited. I think we can do really...