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...request of senior U.S. officials, the Post didn't identify the East European sites. But Human Rights Watch, which has tracked flight routes for a Boeing 737 the CIA has used to transport prisoners, says agency detention facilities have probably been in Poland and Romania, staunch U.S. allies in the Iraq war. Officials from both countries have denied holding CIA prisoners, as have Thai authorities...
...thought I had been hitting some posts lately. I just kept it low, on the ice, and got great traffic from my forwards.” On the defensive end, with a very green corps of blue-liners in front of her, Boe was again staunch in goal, registering 30 saves. Harvard was out-shot for the second straight day, 32-21, but Boe picked up the slack, turning aside Princeton chance after Princeton chance with the stick and making some nifty stabs with the glove. “Exactly what you want out of a goaltender...
...from blacks, no matter how disciplined, how peaceful. Any demonstration was regarded as a declaration of war against white supremacy. DE KLERK: The A.N.C. would not have negotiated if they thought they could win the armed struggle. Their goal was to take over all power. MANDELA: Many of our staunch comrades, very militant, said that as a result of the armed struggle, many of our people were arrested, and we gave the regime the opportunity to destroy completely the movement inside the country. But what the government did was to send in their armored cars , and the soldiers went from...
...tried several times to convince the American President to not go to war." SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Italian Prime Minister, who was publicly a staunch supporter of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, recalling private conversations he says he had with President Bush...
Republicans said signs for Miers were more ominous than ever. Even staunch Bush supporters suggested he might be better off starting fresh with a new pick. But James T. Dyke Jr., a White House official who is working with Miers, told TIME, "Is it easy? No. Are we making progress? Absolutely...