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...particularly the independent television channels, have engaged, informed and connected the Pakistani body politic like nothing before. This election was covered with all the excitement and real-time analysis of an American political campaign. I watched the Geo news network on my laptop throughout the night, unable to tear my eyes away...
Umma Aman said she wanted to die for her God. She was sitting on a pile of sandbags, pressing wet rags to her eyes in an attempt to ease the effects of the clouds of tear gas billowing through her madrasah. Outside, gunfire echoed through the deserted streets of Islamabad as the Pakistani military battled militants holed up in the mosque next door. Aman, just 22, had wanted to fight alongside her brothers, as she called them, in defense of the Red Mosque and Jamia Hafsa madrasah complex that had been the conservative heartbeat of Pakistan's capital for decades...
...from three-point land, hardly up to the caliber of the No. 1 team in the conference. However, after only having one layup in the first, Cornell turned up the interior intensity, punishing the Crimson with six layups and three jumpers in the paint. As the wear-and-tear of a tumultuous season continues to weigh down Harvard, the prospect of playing on back-to-back nights against the two hottest teams in the conference—the men played Columbia on Saturday night—never seemed like an easy task. “Everything we?...
...junior guard Niki Finelli said. “You can’t compete with a team when you’re not putting up the stats you need to in that respect.”Harvard never led, with Cornell starting the game on a 7-0 tear punctuated by a Gregg three-pointer. The Crimson pulled to within two at 13-11 after five quick points from Hallion, but that was the closest Harvard would get all night.Gregg responded with an offensive rebound and another three on Cornell’s next possession—one of four...
...cause in the second half, as the Lions roared back from a nine-point deficit to take the lead for good with 10 minutes to play. After scoring only five points in the first, Columbia rearranged its offense to focus on its interior play, allowing Baumann to tear Harvard up with 15 points and nine boards after the break. Once the Lions took the lead, the steady presence of Baumann and Nwachukwu paced Columbia to a nine-point victory.The Lions emphatically ended the game with an Asenson Ampim dunk that whipped the visiting crowd into frenzy...