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...placed during his final months in office, when the CIA greatly increased drone sorties and strikes in Pakistan. The accelerated attacks have been stepped up under President Barack Obama. Nowadays, the low hum of the drones has become a familiar sound in Waziristan, where tribesmen call them machay, or red bees. Their lethal sting has been felt in villages and hamlets across the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). The main objectives of the campaign: to take out al-Qaeda's top tier of leadership, including Osama bin Laden, and deny sanctuary in FATA for the Taliban and those fighters...
...food with neighboring Georgia, but the economy survived largely due to Russia's assistance and the illegal trade of arms, drugs and counterfeit money. That trade has fallen off since the tension on Georgia's border with South Ossetia and now unemployment is soaring under the separatist region's red, white and yellow flag. Kokoity's extra-parliamentary opposition, such as Vyacheslav Gobozov of the Fatherland Party, accuses him of theft and corruption...
There exists an inexplicable force in sports, a mysterious element that can be sensed by players and fans alike. Every so often, an enigmatic situation or occurrence drastically changes a contest, and no one knows what exactly happened. The force was present when Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner was stricken by the “Curse of the Bambino,” botching a ground ball during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. It was there when the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in the closing seconds of Super Bowl XLIII, ruining the Patriots?...
...victory at Penn and prevailed, 72-63, over Columbia before facing Cornell in its last home game of the season. Lin and senior guard Drew Housman each poured in 20 points, and a late defensive stand gave the Crimson a 71-70 win over the tournament-bound Big Red...
...nation by the ITA at the end of the season, battered Columbia, 6-1, and Cornell, 7-0, in the first Ivy weekend. “I think we are playing the best at this moment,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said after the Big Red match on April 5. “Our goal has been to be the most improved Ivy League team, and thus far I think we’ve accomplished that goal.” In its next match, Harvard took a step back, falling, 5-2, to No. 46 Princeton. With...