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Central Connecticut has struggled this season to say the least. In its last game previous to last night’s showdown with the Crimson, the Blue Devils fell to UNLV by a score...
...Gaza, and its suicide bombings enjoy the support of as much as 70 percent. Street-level resistance has stopped Arafat's gendarmes from arresting a number of Hamas activists in recent days, and as the Palestinian leader reportedly rushes to meet Israel's deadline, he risks a damaging showdown with his own people. Arafat's political survival abroad now requires that he take down Hamas, but such a course could imperil his political survival at home...
...before Washington is ready to go after Iraq. President Bush's warnings over weapons inspectors is certainly a signal that Washington plans to move the issue back to the front burner, but even there it may take months to build up the head of steam necessary to power a showdown. And administration officials moved quickly this week to nix expectations of any imminent move on Iraq...
...Somali government and local observers rush to dismiss the concern, saying Al Itihad was mostly destroyed as a military force in a cross-border showdown with the Ethiopian military in 1996. They claim its fighters have dispersed and the movement exists today primarily as a politically-motivated welfare group. "They were an armed force but now we don't know of any camps in Somalia," says President Hassan. "We invite the Americans to come here and investigate...
...showdown left the Iraq standoff mired in a stalemate: UN sanctions could only be lifted once Iraq was certified as having no nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs, but such certification was impossible without an unimpeded inspection system. The stalemate worked for Saddam, who was content to allow European and Arab humanitarian concerns over the impact of sanctions to slowly build pressure on the U.S. Even when it tried to revise the embargo with "smart sanctions" designed to target Saddam's weapons programs but ease up on his civilian economy, the Bush administration found little enthusiasm among Saddam's Arab...