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...should get closer." And so I find myself in a crowd near the Sule Pagoda, facing soldiers and riot police. Only a handful of monks have escaped the junta's dragnet to join this protest. When more trucks pull up at the intersection, and the troops inside noisily cock their rifles, the crowd tenses as one. Seconds later, there are explosions - more smoke bombs - and we are running for our lives...
Strategists, however, are skeptical as to whether she can pull off a comeback. One indication of how she will do at the polls will be the number of people who line the streets when her plane lands in the Sind capital of Karachi. Millions cheered her return to Pakistan in 1986, after nearly a decade of martial rule. Two years later, she led the opposition coalition to victory in democratic elections. Party leaders say this time, they will be happy if 200,000 people show up to guide her path to Larkana, where she will once again try to pick...
...also the team leader in assists with six. Close behind Akpan in both categories is Fucito, who has put away seven goals and contributed four assists. “They complement each other very well,” Hoff said. “Those two together really pull apart the defense.” Senior goalie Adam Hahn and the rest of the Crimson defense turned in another impressive outing. Although the Big Red put up 15 shots (to Harvard’s 11), only three were on target, a testament to the Crimson’s tight defense. Harvard...
...period in the third quarter, it appeared that Harvard might be in for a fourth straight game decided by a touchdown or less. Cornell’s Peter Zell nailed a 38-yard field goal on the Big Red’s opening drive of the second half to pull to within four points of the Crimson at 19-15, a deficit that had been 19-0 with just 3:11 to play in the second quarter.Momentum would not stay with Cornell long, however, as Harvard responded with a 51-yard touchdown strike from senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti to sophomore...
...developed a Plan B if Abbas and Olmert can't agree on a framework and timetable that charts the future of their negotiations. "What if the Palestinians and Israelis do not reach a general framework?" asks an Arab source. "Do the Americans have something ready that they can pull out of their pocket and say, 'These are our suggestions?' And will they be willing, then, to use any kind of encouragement or pressure on Israel to accept certain issues...