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...Relief workers say the problem is far worse in Iraq than it was in Afghanistan because the Iraqis sited military installations--primary targets for U.S. bombs--near civilian centers. Karbala is typical. At al-Hussein hospital, 35 bodies have been brought in since the city fell April 6, many dismembered by a cluster-bomblet blast, according to chief surgeon Ali Iziz Ali. An additional 50 have been treated for fractures and deep, narrow puncture wounds, typical of the weapons. Karbala civil-defense chief Abdul Kareem Mussan says his men are harvesting about 1,000 cluster bombs a day in places...
...setup man out of the bullpen. But since being moved back to the starter’s role, he’s been leaned on more and more heavily by Walsh. Going into last weekend’s series with Dartmouth, Walsh put Ronz on call for emergency relief duty, an honor reserved for the John Birtwells and Ben Crocketts of years past. Then, after the division clincher, the Crimson skipper confirmed the obvious, calling Ronz the most effective of Harvard’s pitchers right now and all but naming him the No. 1 starter for the Ivy League...
With no proven fourth starter, Harvard quickly found itself in a 7-6, fourth-inning slugfest. So Harvard coach Joe Walsh called for his closer. He provided long relief...
Yesterday, Wahlberg took the mound in the fourth in relief of senior Brendan Reed with a 7-6 lead, no action in the pen and the spotlight squarely...
...Every time I want relief, well there was my child,” she recalled...