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Australian David Hicks was probably the first detainee to learn of the victory that he and the 594 other captives at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba won last week when the Supreme Court ruled they had the right to petition U.S. courts for their freedom. His father phoned him the news. But being in solitary confinement, Hicks could not tell his fellow inmates, held for their suspected ties to al-Qaeda or the Taliban. Few if any of the other captives have Hicks' privilege of a rare phone call from home, and U.S. officials have not decided whether, when...
With Harvard out of the Temple Cup tournament, the lone American crew remaining was from the U.S. Naval Academy. The Midshipmen advanced to the semis after posting a 6:56 finish and a two-thirds of a length victory over the National University of Ireland in the quarterfinals...
Entering the semifinal round on Saturday, the U.S. Naval Academy had posted two of the top five fastest times of any Temple Cup crew. Its semifinal opponent—the Netherlands’ Proteus—had recorded the other three...
...Midshipmen held their own, however, holding the lead at the Barrier and Fawley points. But the Proteus crew would not be denied, finishing a length ahead of the Naval Academy in a time of 6:57—tied for its slowest finish of the tournament...
...fresh tribute, he threatened, he would declare war on America. The new Commander in Chief coolly decided to let the ultimatum expire and take the declaration of war at face value. He summoned his new Cabinet, which approved the dispatch of a naval squadron and decided not to bother Congress--which was then in recess--with the information. He did not, in fact, tell the elected representatives of his plans until the fleet was on the high seas and too far away to be recalled...