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...have been honing their p.r. skills, launching a website and handing out spokesmen's phone numbers to reporters, in a bid to convince Afghans of the moral degeneracy of the international forces in their country. Most of their reports have been fabricated. But last week, true stories broke to rival their worst propaganda. On Oct. 25, the German daily Bild published German soldiers' snapshots depicting up to six of them posing with human bones, possibly those of Afghan war victims. In one photo, taken near Kabul in 2003, a grinning soldier is holding a skull next to his bared genitals...
...case. Lula, as he is known to Brazil's 125 million voters, was forced into a runoff in the first round of voting, hurt mainly by a corruption scandal involving his party. But on the eve of Sunday's runoff vote he is far ahead of his rival, as most analysts expected. "If you look at the course of the last five or six months there has only been one poll out of range, and that was on the eve of the election itself," said Dr. Timothy Power, a lecturer at Oxford University's Centre for Brazilian Studies. "Lula...
...next tech boom, if Khosla gets it right again, will be all about clean energy: developing affordable, eco-friendly alternatives like solar, wind and biofuels. It's not earthy-crunchy, feel-good philanthropy. Clean tech, as he sees it, promises serious returns that could rival any Internet success. In fact, Khosla wagers that the Googles and Yahoos of clean tech have yet to emerge. "Energy is subject to the same sort of scientific breakthroughs, innovation and entrepreneurial efforts that have characterized Silicon Valley's impact in microprocessors, PCs, biotechnology, telecommunications and the Internet," Khosla tells TIME. The promise of today...
...great header,” sophomore Nicole Rhodes said. “But I think the main problem was not coming ready and focused.” The Crimson will take the field again next Saturday in Hanover, N.H. for an 11:00 a.m. game against Ivy League rival Dartmouth...
...tenths better than Harvard’s, which finished in 15:04.998.The Crimson’s slow first mile put the varsity eight at No. 13 heading into the latter two miles of the course. A slight push in the second mile moved Harvard up to No. 12, but rival entries from Princeton, Navy, Georgetown, and Penn already had 10-second cushions over the Crimson going into the last mile of the race. “We do train hard for this, but fall is more getting back in shape and having fun with it,” Aldrich said...