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...week Tillman was part of Operation Mountain Storm, a campaign launched in March by U.S.-led forces against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters who have been regrouping in sanctuaries along the border with Pakistan. On Thursday his special-forces unit was on patrol with Afghan militia near the isolated mud-brick village of Spera, about 25 miles southwest of the nearest U.S. firebase, at Khost...
...Except for the traditional gold suq, where tourists like to wander, little is left of Old Dubai. But Sheik Mohammed's planners are also taking care of those who crave that experience. Madinat Jumeirah, scheduled for completion later this year, will feature clusters of villas made with a mud-and-beam design to re-create a 19th century Arab city?oh, yes, and two five-star hotels. A country has to have standards, you know...
...Cleef ’06. While the play is set in modern dress, and the Lords wear inoffensive suits, the fairies wear a ridiculous array of rags that seem to have been bought for a dollar a pound at a consignment shop and then dragged through the mud several times. The result is suitably strange, but also a little baffling; why would the aristocratic and starchy Lords marry women who look like mentally disturbed paupers? It’s even stranger when you consider that Iolanthe and the Fairy Queen (Johanna S. Karlin ’05) are dressed according...
...swooped in, only to be ambushed by heavy fire; at least 22 troops died. In response, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered 8,000 troops to converge on a cluster of villages deep in South Waziristan, drawing a cordon around 20 sq. mi. of hills and apple orchards dotted with mud fortresses. Somewhere inside, Musharraf announced, his forces had surrounded a "high-value target." Soon a variety of sources were giving the target a name: Ayman al-Zawahiri, the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda and bin Laden's closest aide...
...Howard surrendered a fatal goal to Porto in the 90th minute. Many, including Ferguson, lay blame on the Man U defenders rather than on the American goalkeeper. But with undefeated Arsenal looming on March 28, no one will forget Howard lying there in Old Trafford, face down in the mud. Once in a great while Howard lets himself go, loosening his grip on himself because he has no choice, because the pressure and fear and joy of living this fairy tale build and beg for release. The last time came in the 4-2 win over Man City...