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...first clue comes in the bewildering slew of acronyms that clog up every discussion of the situation. RIRA - the self-styled Real IRA - has said that it killed the soldiers, while CIRA - Continuity IRA - laid claim to gunning down Carroll. Factional splits and bloody internecine feuds were long a feature of the covert paramilitary republican movement, and RIRA and CIRA are dissident groups dedicated to destabilizing the peace process. Both groups are breakaways from the Provisional IRA, which, together with its political wing, Sinn Fein, have embraced power-sharing in Northern Ireland and renounced violence. The dissidents accuse them...
...Through Jan. 31, March reservations were down an alarming 29% for the Western resorts - traditionally a period of great snow and warmer temperatures. "Good snow helped fuel a slew of last-minute bookings around Christmas," says Garrison, the Mountain Travel Research Program director. "Who knows if the snow will save the day again...
...from here.”Harvard will look to make similar strides in terms of health, as Caputo and Olsen made encouraging returns to the mat Saturday, but No. 3 Corey Jantzen (141) remains sidelined by injury. The sophomore standout has not competed since Jan. 3.With a slew of grapplers who are constrained to the bench or held to limited action as they recover, the Crimson has struggled to demonstrate its full potential. As the season progresses, though, Weiss maintains that his squad will close the gap on programs like Penn.“Everything’s gearing...
...office and the new government eased in, the conditions of Khan's house arrest have steadily relaxed. Last year, he was allowed to meet friends, have relatives visit and even travel to Karachi amid tight security. Toward the end of Musharraf's rule, he sparked controversy after giving a slew of interviews in which he retracted his confession and claimed that he had been forced to read a statement handed to him. Khan also claimed that the army had colluded in at least one nuclear transaction - a charge Musharraf angrily denied. The Islamabad High Court swiftly muzzled him in July...
Power—who won a Pulitzer Prize for her book on human rights—will join a slew of Harvard professors moving to Washington to join the Obama administration, including many of her colleagues at the Kennedy School and her husband, Cass R. Sunstein ’75, a professor at Harvard Law School...