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...Hamas security official contacted by TIME waved off Israeli reports that the destruction of the weapons convoy was a major setback to the Islamic militants who govern Gaza. "We have our own 'home delivery' setup for weapons," he said with a laugh, explaining that Sinai's tribes of Bedouin smugglers are still bringing arms to the many secret tunnels snaking into Gaza. This is no idle boast. On Sunday, a senior Israeli security chief told Olmert's Cabinet that since Israel ended its 22-day offensive in Gaza on Jan. 1, Hamas had smuggled in 22 tons of explosives...
...Despite O’Connor’s setback, Weiss put the difficult competition in perspective, insisting that his grappler’s effort was not without merit...
...individual medleys and instead let her swim freestyle or backstroke.At the beginning of the season, Mills continued to combat the effects of her injury, as she was once forced to start a 500-yard freestyle race in the water instead of the on the diving blocks.Even with this setback, Mills dominated the race and broke the five-minute barrier that eludes many full-strength swimmers. She didn’t let her state interfere with her competitive drive to get another win for Harvard.During the winter campaign, Mills fully recovered from her complication, and started swimming at an extremely high...
...Today there are a few other candidates in early phase trials, including compounds of two previously tested candidates, just in case they turn out to be effective together where each failed individually. Since Merck's setback in 2007, however, some scientists have questioned current vaccine-development tactics. And some researchers, including those in Nussenzweig's lab, are now trying to produce HIV immunity through antibodies; but despite good results in primates, they have had no luck so far in humans with a single-antibody vaccine...
...What we were reminding them is that you yourself said these things, and now that you are in power you are not keeping your promises," he says of the government. "I think it the duty of journalists to remind politicians of their promises." Hours later, the government faced another setback when Sherry Rehman, a senior member of Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), resigned as Information Minister. Rehman had been a prominent campaigner for press freedom and had earlier vowed to resign if there was any move to muzzle journalists...