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...opened fire. The slaying of the six Thais was the death knell for God's Army. The Thai public demanded retribution. A combined force of soldiers, police and border-patrol units cut off the rebels' supply routes to Thailand, hoping to starve them out. Though the guerrillas managed to slip through the net, hunting deer and monkeys for food, the mood among them had changed. A Burmese army unit was less than three miles away, suggesting that the government in Rangoon might be planning to hit the Karen hard. The noose was tightening. The rebels did not want...
...Qaeda fighters are either hiding in the surrounding mountains or slip back and forth across the Pakistan border, Afghan officials maintain. The new rulers of Khost are hosting and helping U.S. special forces, but their main concern is to restore their own power after decades in exile. They have made a good start. Seven brothers from the Zadran clan, aged from 17 to their late fifties, control the key positions of power in Khost and the whole of the two surrounding provinces of Paktia and Paktika. One brother, Amanullah Khan Zadran, looks after the family's affairs in Kabul where...
...Chinese tourists. While the wives dutifully hung back, the men crowded along a low wooden fence. Beyond it was an artificial grove of ferns and waterfalls. Five women wearing wet sarongs appeared and began to pour water slowly over themselves. Occasionally a woman would let a sarong slip to show a glistening brown breast. The Chinese men craned forward; two guards blew whistles and shooed them back. The women splashed about in desultory fashion for another five minutes and then, upon some hidden cue, picked up their buckets and tossed water over the leching spectators. The men scampered back...
...spring that lies before me--not second semester--and I'm finding it hard to make the change. The academic nomenclature is second nature to me, and I slip up all the time. You see, springtime, for me, will not be filled with formals, midterms and far too many extracurricular commitments, but by an inaugural visit to "the real world" and a glimpse of what the rest of my life might look like. Indeed, I am finally graduating and leaving this old world behind for a brave...
...drop the lead to two, and after an Eli steal the Crimson fouled Leanza. He hit only one-of-two to cut the score to 70-69. Sigafoos was then fouled in the lane, and hit one-of-two free throws with 28.7 seconds left. The Crimson, letting Yale slip back in the game again, fouled Leanza with twenty seconds left, and the guard hit both shots to tie the score at 71 apiece. A final desperation jumper by Harvey missed, and the teams headed to overtime...