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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan--The political party of Benazir Bhutto '73 suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of right-wing foes in parliamentary elections yesterday, according to partial returns. The electoral rout was widely seen as a verdict on her dismissal as prime minister...
...crisis stretches on, it becomes increasingly clear that members of the anti-Saddam alliance have their own goals to pursue. Last week, for example, Lebanese President Elias Hrawi asked Syria to help him rout his rival, General Michel Aoun, from his stronghold in Beirut's Christian enclave, thus giving Damascus the opportunity to complete its control of Lebanon at a moment when the world is distracted by other events in the Middle East. Syrian President Hafez Assad ordered thousands of troops to Beirut to beef up the 10,000 Syrian soldiers already there. On Friday a lone gunman shot twice...
Senior Co-Captain Amy deLone started the rout with an easy straight-set win over Stacy Vogel...
Prolific Crimson junior Peter Richards slammed in seven goals, leading a 20-10 Crimson rout at MIT's Alumni Pool last night. Richards and omnipresent hole man Chad Barker teamed up for seven of eight first-period Harvard tallies, squelching any chance of an MIT victory before their Speedos were even damp...
...expected, the ruling Communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party took advantage of superior organization and finances to rout the fledgling opposition. Of 799 candidates who survived the first round of voting, virtually all but 101 were Communists. The winners will compete this week in a runoff for 430 seats on the People's Great Hural, the national parliament...