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...only her eyes, she rushed out of the seminary gate, clutching a bamboo stave and determined to do her part in the battle for God. She returned a few minutes later, dejected. That fight, the men said, was not for her. It was hard to tell if her tears sprang from frustration, or if they were caused by the stinging gas. "I am ready to give my life for Islam," she said. "I am praying to God to accept my martyrdom...
...spate of early unforced errors and a frustratingly vocal opponent.Clayton and Omodele-Lucien each finished their matches with 10-point supertiebreakers after splitting their first two sets. Omodele-Lucien—who looked to be out of contention down after losing the first set 6-3—sprang back to life with fist-pumping vigor, winning the second set 6-4 and then taking the supertiebreaker, 10-8. Clayton, after winning the first set 6-4, seemed ready to win the match, up a break at 4-3 in the second, but was broken back and eventually lost...
...capable of keeping Pakistan stable and safe from extremism. But instead of coming down harder on extremists, he suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who threatened to derail Musharraf's bid for a second term as President on constitutional grounds. Within weeks, a nationwide protest movement sprang up, with tens of thousands of middle-class professionals taking to the streets. Musharraf lost his case against the judge in the Supreme Court, and Chaudhry was reinstated. Suddenly the strongman seemed vulnerable...
...France has long assigned itself a "civilizing mission" to improve allies and colonies alike. In 2005, the government even ordered high schools in France to teach "the positive role" of French colonialism, i.e. uplifting the natives. (The decree was later rescinded.) Like a certain other nation whose founding principles sprang from the 18th century Enlightenment, France is not shy about its values. As Sarkozy recently observed: "In the United States and France, we think our ideas are destined to illuminate the world...
...volunteer militias sprang up here in Babil province over the last two months under local leadership after the tribes saw successes scored by Sunni tribesmen in adjacent Anbar Province. Those homegrown groups in Anbar turned on al-Qaeda and teamed up with American forces to clear their regions of extremists, or at least put them on the run, reaping a windfall of American aid money in the process. What has surprised military officials about the groups around Musayyib, though, is that they are Shi'ite or of mixed sect, containing both Sunnis and Shi'ite residents who rejected the excesses...