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...what was just its first competitive action since beginning spring practice last week, the Crimson struggled to mount any significant offensive attacks against a team that featured the likes of former U.S. national team player Joe-Max Moore and current national team star Taylor Twellman...
...Similarly, the need for basing rights for the Afghanistan operation prompted the U.S. to crown Uzbekistan's authoritarian President Islam Karimov as an ally. But Human Rights Watch this week noted that President Karimov is using the war on terror as an excuse to mount a massive crackdown on all Muslims who want to practice their faith independently of the government. Some observers believe that this week's outbreak of bombings and shootings directed against the police in Uzbek cities may be rooted not only in local al-Qaeda linked groups, but also in response to President Karimov's repression...
...missile shield that would render nuclear-tipped missiles "impotent and obsolete." And the Bush Administration is plowing ahead with plans to have a rudimentary system capable of doing just that ready before this fall's election. But concerns about the system's technical capabilities--and its necessity--continue to mount...
...mighty car bomb last week that lit the sky orange as flames shot from the wreckage of the five-story Mount Lebanon Hotel in downtown Baghdad was the latest evidence of the changing nature of terrorism there too. Though the bombing killed only seven, not 27 as originally reported, its impact was outsized, underscoring the trend toward striking ever softer targets. That included last week's murders of four U.S. missionaries and two European engineers working to rebuild Iraq...
...getting to vote. First-round regional voting on March 21 was followed by run-off contests early this week in which the Socialists looked set to do at least as well the first time around. When the voting is finally over, Raffarin may not have the clout to mount his promised assault on France's beloved but money-leaking social-security and health-insurance schemes. Arguing that reform must find a "fair balance between collective assistance and individual responsibility" in financing health costs, Raffarin has warned that "another four years of doing nothing risks increasing the service's deficit...