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...adding about 5,000 troops. On election day, the job of providing security at 5,900 polling stations nationwide will fall mainly to the Iraqis--150,000 U.S. forces will try to fade into the background as much as possible. There are 7,600 Iraqi troops and 18,000 policemen in the capital alone, though a U.S. military official says at least 7,000 more police might be needed. The Allawi government is considering even more extreme measures to tighten security across the country as election day draws closer. The government has drawn up plans for a dusk-to-dawn...
...what they prove. Sure, producer Brian Grazer knew right away that Tom Hanks had star potential when he auditioned for Splash. But is that kind of judgment really analogous to the split-second decision-making process of a Marine in a war game? Or of the New York City policemen who decided, incorrectly, that immigrant Amadou Diallo was holding a gun and not his wallet...
...most popular comic operettas. Frederick is a duty-bound young man mistakenly apprenticed to a dreaded band of pirates called the Pirates of Penzance. When he turns 21, Frederick decides to leave the band and devote his life to the extermination of the pirates, but dewey-eyed maidens, bungling policemen and soft-hearted pirates thwart his efforts in a hilarious, topsy-turvy plot. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, evening shows for $8 and matinees for $6. Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Agassiz Theatre...
...Social Democrat Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes, who assumed power in July when former PM José Manuel Barroso left to head the European Commission. The poll is expected in February. ETA Strikes Again SPAIN Authorities attributed five coordinated bomb blasts at petrol stations in Madrid, which injured two policemen, to Basque terrorist group ETA. The attacks suggest that the group remains active despite high-profile arrests and seizures of arms caches this fall. Earlier, former PM José María Aznar testified to the commission investigating the March 11 bombings in the capital. He denied misleading the public...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan players enact their namesakes’ most famous comic operetta. This tale of dewey-eyed maidens, bungling policemen and soft-hearted pirates is a known crowd-pleaser. Directed by Ashley A.P. Horan ’05 and Mark P. Musico ’07. Reserved Seating. Tickets available at the Harvard Box Office, evenings: regular $12/$10, students & seniors $8/$6, matinees: regular $10/$8, students & seniors $6/$4, Thursday $4 with a Harvard Student I.D. Friday, Saturday and Thursday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Agassiz Theater...