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...little more than Alfonso Soriano and various other Triple-A All-Stars? “ESPN is reporting that the deal between the Yankees and Heaven to put lefthander God Almighty in pinstripes has hit a snag, as the Yankees have been unwilling to include third-base prospect Drew Henson in the deal.” Sheesh...
...lynchpin of Western hopes for a consensus-based government in Kabul that could begin rebuilding the failed state of Afghanistan with international assistance. Maintaining the security of such a government in the face of multiple dangers is a task that may fall to the international community - a prospect that is sure to displease the Pentagon in the event that Washington is asked to shoulder a substantial role in a peacekeeping mission. Early indications, though, are that Turkey, NATO's only Muslim member nation, may be slated to provide the bulk of any peacekeeping force...
...Afghanistan was in a crisis well before the Sept. 11 attacks raised the prospect of U.S. military reprisals. After 23 years of war, Afghans are desperately poor?per capita GDP is estimated at $800, illiteracy is more than 70% and life expectancy for males is just under 47 years. The country has suffered drought for three years, food supplies have almost been exhausted and, under the Taliban, the economy has been reduced to little more than subsistence farming and smuggling...
...young Crimson continues to storm through the fall season, and will play three of its remaining four conference games at home. The prospect of Harvard controlling its own destiny in its bid for an NCAA berth “feels unbelievable,” according to Peller...
...prospect of a second campus across the river in Allston, Summers finally said what he had been hinting at all along—the multi-billion dollar planning and development of this campus would occur on his watch, guided by his hand...