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There was little Abdul-Latif could do in Gaza, where the Yazegis were caught out when Israel struck back against Hamas by banning imports of everything from cement to fertilizer, including the carbonating gas the Yazegis need to put fizzy bubbles into beverages. When the Yazegis asked why, Israeli authorities replied "for security reasons," although there didn't seem to be any military use of CO2. "If you hold a match to CO2, the flame is extinguished. You can't make bombs or rockets out of this stuff," says Yazegi. Adding to his frustration, he said, was that Israel initially...
...rising even as it becomes more complex. Though its strikes have thus far been limited to Algerian soil, the group claiming responsibility for the strikes - al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - has signaled its desire to internationalize its jihad. With Tuesday's violence marking the first time AQIM has struck foreign targets in a major attack in Algeria, security officials fear it signals a significant broadening of the group's terror action that will inevitably reach Europe itself...
Sundquist defended the council, struck his blows for the UC’s relevance, and used his opening statement to address the council’s role in the University’s decision this spring to change the academic calendar...
...Verhaeghen slaved at the translation - "250,000 frigging words!" - prize money kept rolling in. "I was working on a sentence at the war's end, about how the former Nazi camps were being filled with prisoners by the Soviets," he recalls. "It struck me that it was happening all over again, in America - the limits on freedom of speech, the first evidence of torture." As a U.S. resident, Verhaeghen would have to pay American income tax on his prize money, then about $25,000. "I could imagine it would go for schools and hospitals, but in reality much...
...same time, they got way too many open shots, and I know that I was certainly lagging on some screens, so if I’m going to catch my stride, it’s going to be in those areas.”In the second half, Lowe struck four times from long distance, scoring 15 points after the break. Housman pulled Harvard within one, 52-51, with a three pointer and then again, 54-53, after sinking two from the line. But at the 13:10 mark, a dagger from Lowe catalyzed the tear that would climax...