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Thatcher's choice of a successor for Carrington reflected her own weakened position within the Conservative Party as a result of the Falklands invasion. He was Francis Pym, 60, the man considered to be Thatcher's most serious rival for the party's leadership and a critic, however cautious, of her stringent economic policies. Wealthy, Eton- and Cambridge-educated and a descendant of the famed Puritan leader of the House of Commons during the 17th century English civil war, Pym had hoped for the Foreign Secretary post after the Conservative election victory of May 1979. Instead he became Defense Secretary...
...Sharif, who was ousted in the 1999 coup that brought Musharraf to power, is even more explicit in his calls for his arch-rival to resign, arguing that Musharraf himself recently promised to step down if the people decided they wanted him gone. "Musharraf has said he would quit when people tell him," Sharif told reporters at a press conference today. "People have now given their verdict...
...bloody Shi'ite infighting erupted in Karbala. Thousands of pilgrims had gathered in the city for a Shi'ite festival. Some Sadrists who turned up for the event got into an altercation with local security forces, who are largely loyal to the Sadr movement's chief Shi'ite factional rival, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC). Things escalated, and a street tussle turned into a gun battle that left more than 50 people dead and roughly 500 wounded. The Sadrists took the blame for starting the episode, with many Shi'ites viewing the Mahdi Army fighters as thugs causing trouble...
Leadership figures from the Mahdi Army have long accused government security forces of being under the sway of SIIC, which is led by Sadr's chief political rival Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Until August, the Mahdi Army and the militia wing of al-Hakim's movement, the Badr Brigade, were engaged in a running struggle for influence in southern Iraq, competing for control of everything from gas stations to sacred shrines. The Karbala incident seemed to shock both sides into cooling tensions. But the recent statements suggest the agreement is unraveling. If so, it could draw U.S. troops back into...
...Nationals at the Murr Center. In the quarterfinals, the Crimson beat No. 5 Western Ontario, 6-3. But in the semifinals, Harvard could not beat longtime foe No. 1 Trinity and suffered a loss of 9-0. In its last match of the tournament, Harvard lost to Ivy League rival Yale, 6-3. “We knew we were going to have a really tough competition going in,” freshman J. Reed Endresen said. “But I think the weekend went well.” In its first match of the tournament, the Crimson earned...