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...rowdy and enthusiastic crowd showed up for Friday afternoon’s showdown between the two teams...
...Dahlan certainly has a score to settle with Hamas, which routed his U.S.-funded security forces in a 2007 showdown and drove them out of Gaza. And the Islamists have long loathed the Fatah strongman, whom they blame for alleged torture of Hamas detainees in Gaza during the late 1990s - an accusation Dahlan denies. But Hamas appears to be in no mood for unity talks with Dahlan's boss, either, despite Arab efforts to broker a reconciliation. And that could imperil the flow of international aid to Gaza, battered by Israel's 19-month economic blockade and the war that...
...rocketeers became easy targets. Less than a minute after Hamas fired a rocket, the Israelis were able pinpoint and destroy the launch site. As one senior Israeli officer says, "Everyone is digesting the lessons of the Gaza war - us and them." And neither side expects last month's showdown in Gaza to be the last...
...torched a polling station near the city of Fallujah in Anbar province. And sporadic bombings persist in Baghdad, Mosul and Diyala province. But the fear of carnage that has surrounded past elections and mass public gatherings like the regular Shi'ite pilgrimages is low.(See TIME's photo-essay "Showdown in Fallujah...
...given day, they can beat the best in the country, we just didn’t have it that match.” It was the foil that led the way against St. John’s, besting the Red Storm 8-1 and setting up the epee showdown. As on the women’s side, it was a rookie that shined in the men’s sabre, as Valentin Staller boasted a 4-2 record. Overall it was a telling day for a Crimson team that has just one more warm-up competition next weekend before...