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...According to Thailand's deputy police commissioner, General Sunthorn Saikwan, Arifin had links to a terror cell busted in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, in May. During that sweep, police arrested two Thais?both from the south?and an Egyptian, and followed that up on June 11 with the capture of a Cambodian believed to be a member of the same cell. The Thai and Egyptian men were teachers at an Islamic school funded by the Saudi charity Om al-Qura. The charity is believed to have been used by al-Qaeda to fund its own activities and those...
Unlike last year’s, this Harvard softball season did not feature week-by-week record-setting performances and an Ivy title race that came down to the wire. It did, however, include a thrilling doubleheader sweep of Ivy champion Princeton and the conclusion of one of the greatest careers in Harvard history...
...Princeton sweep came at an improbable time considering that a day before, Harvard (15-26, 7-7 Ivy) had guaranteed its worst Ivy finish since 1994 by dropping a doubleheader to Penn, while Princeton clinched its second consecutive Ivy title. None of that mattered when the two teams met on April 27 at noon. Over six hours and 22 innings later, Harvard had its sweep—a 3-2, 12-inning win in the opener and a 6-5, 10-inning triumph in the second game...
...captain and setter Mindy Jellin—a second-team All-Ivy selection—Harvard rebounded from a 4-7 non-league record against tough competition to sweep through the early part of its Ivy schedule...
...before Harvard could get its revenge, it dropped a crucial, five-game match to Princeton on Friday night. Penn completed the weekend sweep on Saturday, and the Crimson’s title dream was deferred for at least one more year...