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...Flanagan (165 lbs.) was a late scratch, joining sophomore Corey Jantzen (141) and rookie Zack Pope (125) as the third starter held out of the tournament.With the 125 and 141 positions empty, Harvard began all three matches with a 12-0 deficit, keeping the squad from posing a serious threat.“We took our lumps,” Caputo said. “It was definitely a week of learning what we need to improve. We still have some holes, but I was very happy with the guys who stepped up to fill...
...PNTL that have not forgotten the fighting. "They are trying to work together now, whereas in 2006 they may have been trying to shoot each other." All the same, he worries that the force lacks the cohesion to deal impartially with a large protest or riot, an ever-present threat...
...notion of weather as war maker has influential backers. On April 16, 2007, 11 former U.S. admirals and generals published a report for the Center for Naval Analyses Corporation that described climate change as a "threat multiplier" in volatile parts of the world. The next day, then British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett hosted a debate on climate change and conflict at the U.N. Security Council in New York City. "What makes wars start?" asked Beckett. "Fights over water. Changing patterns of rainfall. Fights over food production, land use. There are few greater potential threats to our economies, too, but also...
...Uighurs are trapped in a seemingly irreconcilable dilemma. The Bush Administration first cleared them for release in 2003. The men had been rounded up by bounty hunters in Pakistan in the months after 9/11 and sent to U.S. authorities, who eventually determined that they posed no terrorist threat. The leadership in Beijing, however, suspects the Uighurs are part of a guerilla separatist movement based in the far west of China and wants them handed over to Chinese authorities. U.S. law forbids delivering individuals over to countries where they may face mistreatment. And so the Uighurs have sat in Guantnamo...
...eastern Congo. But the Tutsi rebel leader has doubled his territory in the last few weeks, precipitating a humanitarian crisis involving a million refugees. And with his forces closing in on the regional capital Goma and facing a collapsing national army and a weak and isolated President, his threat to take the Congolese capital Kinshasa is suddenly one to take seriously. Nkunda's decision to hold a rally and press conference on Nov. 22 in Rutshuru, newly captured by his forces, was a chance to discover what kind of leader he might prove to be. (See pictures of Congo...