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...volleyball team (11-7, 6-2 EIVA Hay) set out to Newark, N.J., on Friday night to claim sole possession of its division’s top honors. Instead, the Crimson traveled home after being dealt a crushing 3-0 (30-28, 30-25, 30-23) loss from league rival Rutgers-Newark (9-13, 6-2).“Rutgers-Newark was a really good team and they were ready to go,” senior Jeff Nathan said. “They came off right at the very beginning and never looked back.”Earlier last week...
...State secession. The remarks prompted glaring red-website headlines and instant fodder for cable-TV pundits. But for Texas political insiders, Perry's waving of the flag of secession was just the latest volley in a Texas-size Republican civil war - a face-off between Perry and his potential rival for the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nomination, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. (See pictures of tea-party tax protests across the country...
...control that another drug lord and paramilitary leader, Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano, alias "Don Berna," held over the city, suppressing uprisings from other drug gangs. But in May 2008, Don Berna was arrested and extradited to the U.S. and Don Mario sought control over the monopoly held by his rival, ushering in a new wave of violence. Homicide rates in Medellin rose by 32% in 2008, according to the mayor's office...
...Congress Party's $14 billion loan-waiver program for farmers, the largest ever in India. There have been widespread reports of money being siphoned off from these programs, but Gandhi deflected those criticisms, instead blaming corruption and inefficiency on the Punjab state government, which is controlled by a regional rival of the Congress Party. "The money disappears in the middle," he said...
...nightmarish global recession few people expected. Still, Chirac must secretly be enjoying the moment. After his own 12 year presidency limped to an end with approval ratings at times dipping below the 20% mark, Chirac was left to watch his one-time protégé-turned-rival take over the Elysée and thrill a mesmerized French public. Where Chirac's leadership was criticized as plodding, unfocused, and ready to sacrifice reform at the first sign of opposition, Sarkozy's has been cheered as relentless, results-driven, and full of the promise of long overdue change...