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...Vladimir Putin has accused the US of initiating “a new round of arms race,” and Russian President Dimitri Medvedev has warned that Russia is “not afraid of… a Cold War.” Hopefully Medvedev’s threat relies more on bravado than truth, but this assumption is not a risk worth taking. As the recent South Ossetian conflict indicates, Russia is willing to use force to assert its power in the region...
...announced that Russia would be relocating several SS-26 “Iskander” missiles to Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia’s small exclave of territory on the Baltic coast that borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania. While these plans have been temporarily put on hold, the Russian threat should be taken seriously, not needlessly provoked...
...season.“We just wanted to score,” Ryabkina said. “I was just banging it home. I wanted to score so badly, and I know my teammates did too.”Ryabkina’s contributions were timely, with senior scoring-threat Sarah Wilson missing her second straight game due to illness. Harvard’s offensive leaders, such as Vaillancourt and Brine, draw the most attention from opposing defenses, but much of the Crimson’s strength lies in its depth.“That?...
...public mood is one of relief that the army command seems to be playing a subordinate - and constitutional - role to the government. However, the prime minister's challenge now will be to ensure that the anger within the armed forces is kept in check and poses no renewed threat to the authority of her fledgling democratic government...
...durbar, or gathering of troops, the previous night. After over 24 hours of intense negotiation and the offer of a general amnesty - followed by a direct appeal by the Prime Minister to the rebels to lay down their arms - troops were readied to storm the BDR headquarters, a threat that finally prompted the mutineers to surrender early Thursday evening...