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...Indira Gandhi's assassination. Hours before, he was just another student and aspiring author, hovering over his notebook in a part of Delhi called Defence Colony; overnight, he becomes an activist of sorts, going out into the streets to shout Gandhian slogans with the other everyday citizens trying to quell the riots...
That's why U.S. officials in Iraq are reaching out to the Sunnis, the insurgents and former Baath Party members as part of a program to quell the violence by peeling them away from al-Zarqawi. "The fault line between al-Qaeda and the nationalists seems to have increased," says Ambassador Khalilzad. Here's an inside look at how those splits have started to emerge, how they are redefining the shape of the insurgency in Iraq--and why the U.S. is now turning to some of its old enemies...
...combined streak of 13-straight NCAA appearances. Since Penn had the best record against the other two, it looked on as the Bulldogs downed Princeton in the first round of the playoff for the tourney berth. But the Quakers then beat Yale 77-58 in Easton, Pa. to quell the best charge that the six non-P’s have mustered since the Big Red tourney appearance...
France’s prime minister said authorities will impose curfews and marshal police reservists to quell the violence’s rapid spread. But some Harvard faculty said yesterday that French leaders should be focusing on integrating its marginalized minority population into society...
...team that lost five seniors to graduation and three standouts to national teams and replaced the departures with eight freshmen, there is some doubt as to who will fill the leadership void. With stand-up plays like the late face-off, Raimondi is helping to quell those doubts. “She’s a tremendous leader in this program,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “She’ll do anything she can, go anywhere she can. Huge faceoff at the end of the game, won it clean, and that?...