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...risk. But soon after he returned to the Pakistani borderlands, Mehsud was rallying fellow tribesmen against the U.S. and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. On Oct. 9, Mehsud masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers, demanding the release of several jailed Islamic militants. Mehsud was several miles away in a mountain hideout last week when Pakistani commandos stormed the mud house where the hostages were held. All five kidnappers and one Chinese hostage died; the other survived. Mehsud escaped. He's at least the third Gitmo detainee known to have rejoined his fellow Taliban fighters and sworn revenge against America...
...boat, as it cruised to a 21-10 halftime lead over then-No. 19 Lehigh. But the Bulldogs offense took the rest of the afternoon off, as it posted three three-and-outs, a fumble and a turnover on downs as part of its seven second-half possessions. The Mountain Hawks scored three second-half touchdowns—the last of which coming with 2:07 remaining—to rally...
...including Republican Governor Bill Owens, accuse Democrats of trying to steal votes for Kerry. They also believe future candidates will not bother to campaign in Colorado if they're only going to win a portion of its nine votes. The amendment, however, has some popular appeal. A Rocky Mountain News poll conducted last month found 47% of respondents supported 36 and 35% were opposed, though many are just starting to pay attention...
...Helens seemed on the verge of a spectacular eruption. And this time the whole world was watching--hundreds through binoculars at safe vantage points, millions more through hourly reports on cable TV. But no one was watching more closely than the scientists monitoring the instruments scattered across the mountain's ash-coated flanks and half-mile-wide lava dome. This early warning network was installed after the 1980 eruption that blew off the top 1,300 ft. of the mountain, destroying tens of thousands of acres of forest and killing 57 people. Although geophysicists expressed confidence that Mount St. Helens...
Despite threats of violence--which didn't materialize--Afghans braved dust storms and mountain blizzards to cast ballots in their country's first ever elections last weekend. But the vote was thrown into uncertainty when all 15 opponents of President Hamid Karzai (who is widely expected to win) declared it a "preplanned fraud." They charged that the polling was marred by circulation of 100,000 fake ballots, that some polling places were shut down when the tally turned against Karzai, and that the indelible ink mark put on voters' fingers to prevent multiple votes wore off too easily. "These elections...