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After a tumultuous weekend at the Northern Division Tournament, the Harvard men's water polo team (2-2, 2-1 EWPA) looks to rebound tonight against...
Buckingham Palace is denying allegations of a royal row over Diana's death (People Daily), while bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones has regained consciousness and is apparently able to talk (Reuters) ... In Northern Ireland, a mystery bomb is a setback for peace talks (TIME Daily) ... Congress is considering a proposal that would have business executives audit the IRS (TIME Daily) ... William Weld is keeping a low profile in the wake of quitting his battle with Senator Jesse Helms (TIME Daily), just as the country he wanted to be ambassador to, Mexico, is praised for its drug-fighting efforts (Reuters) ... Steve Jobs...
BELFAST: Another day, another bomb, another hitch in the Northern Ireland peace talks. No-one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday morning's police-station blast, and no-one was hurt. But that hasn't stopped Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble blaming the IRA, and calling for Sinn Fein to be excluded from the fledgling talks ? just one day after the Republicans arrived. Is this justified? "The IRA denies it, and they're probably telling the truth," says TIME's London Bureau Chief Barry Hillenbrand from Belfast. "It looks to be a Republican splinter group. This shows how fragile these talks...
...Israel lost 11 elite commando fighters and a military doctor in a battle with local militias. It was the country's worst one-time loss in the 12 years it has maintained its "security zone" in southern Lebanon, a 5-mile-wide strip Israel occupies ostensibly to protect its northern border from attack. The debacle will undoubtedly sharpen opposition within Israel to continuing that presence...
Archaeologist Timothy Kendall was leading an expedition in northern Sudan earlier this year when one of his diggers came across a slab of intricately carved stone hidden in rubble. Soon after, another slab turned up, and then another, until there were 25 in all, laid out in the sand like an archaeological jigsaw puzzle. Fitted together, the pieces formed a dazzling tableau: golden stars set against an azure sky, with crowned vultures flying off into the distance. Flying where, precisely? Kendall, an associate curator at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, thinks he knows. And if his hunch is correct...