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...world soccer stage began disastrously. On Jan. 8, militants mistakenly opened fire on a bus carrying Togo's national team, killing three people. The squad was traveling in the restive Cabinda region of Angola to play in the African Cup of Nations tournament, a tune-up for this summer's World Cup in South Africa. Separatist rebels apologized for the attack, explaining that an Angolan convoy had been their intended target...
...Iran's response to these deadlines has been repeated delays and obfuscation. First, in the spring it delivered a lengthy manifesto about global peace irrelevant to the issues at hand. The summer months were taken up with Iran's election turmoil, but following talks with the U.S. and its international partners in the fall, Iran hinted that it might be willing to accept a deal under which it would export most of its enriched-uranium stockpile to be converted into reactor fuel - and then quickly backpedaled as the proposed deal came under a hail of criticism from across Iran...
...case, it seems like Crowley's summer run-in with Gates may be diminishing his opportunities at refining his oratory. Perhaps Harvard should give Crowley a ring. Now that would be an interesting Commencement...
Tucker said that her experience with the Coakley campaign and her feelings of shock after Coakley’s loss have encouraged her to volunteer for another Democratic campaign over the summer...
...According to the indictment, the defendants were on trial for pressing for multiparty democracy and "disseminating information to distort reality and make people disbelieve the Party and state leadership." The four men, who were arrested at different times last summer, were accused of working with hostile foreign elements seeking to oust the communist government. The sentences, which range between five and 16 years, were swiftly condemned by human rights groups and Western governments. The U.S. has "deep concerns over the arrest and conviction of persons for the peaceful expression of their beliefs," said U.S. consul general, Kenneth Fairfax, following...