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...Somalia after the Oct. 3 fire fight in Mogadishu, which claimed 18 American lives, he was demonstrating that the U.S. would not cut and run if some of its soldiers were killed. But by setting a March 31 deadline for withdrawal, no matter what, he seems to have initially sent the opposite message to the Haitian military leaders. The mob in Port-au- Prince shrieked threats to create ''another Somalia...
...interrogation memos, which were declassified last week by President Obama, Bradbury cited the work of Horne, of Britain's Loughborough University, to conclude that "even very extended sleep deprivation does not cause physical pain." In an e-mail sent on Monday to Hilary Bok, who maintains the blog Obsidian Wings, Horne wrote that Bradbury's conclusions, based on CIA recommendations, were significantly flawed. "Prolonged stress with sleep deprivation will lead to a physiological exhaustion of the body's defense mechanisms, physical collapse, and with the potential for various ensuing illnesses," Horne wrote. "We don't know at what point this...
...Bolivian government has been slow in handing out any more details of the alleged assassination plots that finally sent Rozsa to his grave, aside from saying they believe there are plenty more armed groups in Bolivia - and that ties are emerging between the dead men and conservative opposition party members and prominent Santa Cruz businessmen, though so far they won't name anyone. Morales' political opposition has adamantly denied any link to the accused terrorists and says that the government faked the episode in order to execute the men. Rozsa's cousin has been his only family member to step...
...option, but permanent plots are scarce and can cost upward of $30,000. For $3,000, temporary public plots can be rented for 10 years, after which the family can renew for another decade, or exhume the remains and yield the plot to someone else. Some residents have sent bodies abroad to bury, particularly in the U.S. and Canada, or looked across the border to China, but the journey to visit such graves can be taxing for older relatives. Jockeying for burial space in Hong Kong has become so intense that last year 18 cemetery supervisors were arrested for allegedly...
...League) defeated the Crimson (4-10, 1-5) in Cambridge, and both teams opened the game in a defensive mindset, not wanting to concede anything en route to a 4-4 halftime deadlock. Harvard opened the scoring when Flood found freshman Katie Doherty who sent one through the pipes 3:25 into play. Columbia rebounded less than a minute later to tie the game at 1-1. Freshman Tyler Petropulous and sophomore Jess Halpern both scored unassisted goals over the next three minutes to give the Crimson a 3-1 advantage with just over 23 minutes remaining in the first...