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Many of the partiers—many wearing just wet bathing suits—seemed to remain spirited, and most were waiting to return to the party once it reopened. While the exact number of students at the party at the time is not available, Mather House Council had sold over 450 tickets, according to David L. Billing Jr. '11, a HoCo co-chair...
...clear the Swat Valley's lush, mountainous tribal terrain of its Taliban usurpers last summer, using some 30,000 troops to dislodge the guerrillas from the once-bustling tourist haven, 80 miles northwest of the capital Islamabad. Now, however, almost a year after winning the war, the same number of troops are still in place in order to hold Swat, rebuild it and prevent a Taliban resurgence - and that may keep Islamabad from going after the extremists in other parts of Pakistan's unruly frontier with Afghanistan...
...Enough is enough," says state senator Pearce, speaking about the increased violence along the Arizona border with Mexico. "One family has been burglarized 18 times and a number of officers have been killed and maimed in the line of duty dealing with illegal immigrants who are criminals. Our message is very clear," says Pearce. "Illegal aliens should find another state besides Arizona to visit...
...turn out for the party come election day. "There's the potential for [the plan] to be very popular in an electoral sense," says Duncan Drasdo, chief executive of the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST), which advocates for fans having an ownership stake in the club. A large number of United's 3.8 million adult fans in the U.K. live in marginal constituencies, Drasdo says. The chance to have a say in the way the club is run, he adds, "is the kind of issue that gets people out who don't normally bother voting...
...amid the ash, there are a few glints of hope. By Friday afternoon, Sweden was gradually reopening its northern airspace, six planes were permitted to fly into and out of England's Manchester Airport, and a limited number of flights were departing from Northern Ireland and southwest England. As for other modes of transport, Eurostar trains reported a complete sellout of its services to Brussels and Paris for a second day on Friday. Rail and ferry services are also reporting rises in their passenger numbers...