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ALGERIA Surprise Attack As government troops carried out a sweep for insurgents in mountainous country in the northwestern Saida region, they were ambushed by the very people they were searching for. In the most lethal attack this year of the 10-year insurgency that has claimed more than 120,000 lives, 20 soldiers were left dead as well as one member of a civilian self-defense group. The assailants were thought to be members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), avenging the recent arrest of 150 suspected gspc supporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

Wahlberg allowed one hit while striking out two to pick up the staff’s first save of the season and complete the sweep...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Sweeps Defending Ivy Champs | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

Naqushbandi and Hyotte dropped a 9-8 (5) marathon session to Melissa Nguyen and Lucia Aniello that would have given Harvard the doubles sweep...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Injuries Can't Stop W. Tennis | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard men’s tennis team began its Ivy League season in style with a sweep of the New York Ivies of Columbia and Cornell...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Proves It's The Team to Beat | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...doubles sweep was fitting because Harvard also swept the singles matches. Lingman and Chu took the first two singles slots, with Nguyen and Riddell both winning handily in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots. Lee had the easiest time of any Harvard player, winning his sixth singles match over Columbia’s Arjun Kaul 6-0, 6-1. Junior Oli Choo, slowly coming back from a hand injury that forced him to miss the matches over spring break, won in the No. 5 position...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Proves It's The Team to Beat | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

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