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...fact that a leading figure in al-Sadr's ranks announced the deal and pointedly rejected the Iraqi government's key demand to disarm suggests that the cleric is still controlling the agenda tactically and politically despite the most serious challenge his power the Iraqi government could muster. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki set out to break the back of the Mahdi Army in March, when he launched an offensive against areas the militia controls in the southern city of Basra. The Mahdi Army fought Iraqi forces to a standstill there while unleashing a daily hail of rockets...
...Harvard sat in third place at the close of competition on Saturday, but with the A-division crew able to muster just one top-eight finish on Sunday, the national berth slipped out of the Crimson’s reach...
...Chief Justice John Roberts observed in his opinion that "some risk of pain is inherent in any method of execution," and held that the Constitution condemns only "substantial" or "objectively intolerable" risks. Six other justices shared the chief's conclusion that Kentucky's approach passed muster, but only two of them - Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito - were willing to sign the chief's blueprint for deciding how much risk is too much, which included the vague standard that challengers must show that there were alternatives that were "feasible" and "readily implemented" that would "significantly" reduce a risk of severe pain...
...that [Charles] stepped up,” Powers said. “She’s sailing against people who normally skipper and have been skippering for years.”Though the boat notched a second-place finish in Saturday’s final race, Harvard could only muster one other top-10 finish and wound up in 12th place.URI easily won the team competition.Now the Crimson women are looking forward to next weekend’s New England Women’s Championships, which will also serve as the national qualifying regatta for Harvard...
...Field Manual, a rule book that prescribes mostly psychological methods of interrogation, and clearly prohibits the use of forced nudity, waterboarding, hooding and the use of military dogs. Congressional Democratic leaders have not yet announced if they plan to bring up the issue again, but they are unlikely to muster enough votes to override the veto...