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...student was chatting with a crowd gathered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the university's Pushapati campus when a truck filled with about 15 armed policemen pulled up at the gates. A man in plain clothes carrying a shotgun walked up to Kamle. They exchanged words. Suddenly Kamle threw up his hands, looked at Shrestha and shouted: "Sir! Sir! They are taking me! This is the death of democracy in Nepal!" The man marched Kamle to the truck and he was driven away. Across Kathmandu and other major cities, similar scenes were taking place. Police and soldiers say they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Absolute Power | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

Harvard won the tip, then threw the ball out of bounds when junior forward Matt Stehle drove and failed to connect with junior center Brian Cusworth underneath the basket...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sloppy Offensive Play Dooms M. Basketball Against Penn | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...going for a board,” she said. “There was a loose ball. I just threw it at the player’s legs...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stingy Defense Allows W. Basketball To Trip Quakers in Tight Contest | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...Khan enrolled in Karachi's D.J. Science College. But he soon uprooted again, moving to Europe and earning degrees in electrical engineering and metallurgy. After finishing his studies, he threw himself into the burgeoning field of nuclear science in the Netherlands. With oil prices soaring, interest in harnessing nuclear power for civilian energy was high. In 1975, Khan took a job at the Dutch branch of a European nuclear-research consortium, Urenco, which specialized in uranium enrichment. Khan soon recognized that the centrifuges Urenco had developed to enrich uranium for civilian use were powerful enough to produce the fissile material...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Sold the Bomb | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

...Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters--they're the inspiration for my work," says Jaa, speaking through an interpreter. "Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard punches. Jackie moves very fast and uses a lot of comedy, and Jet Li is very fluid. I've tried to combine all of their styles and added some things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Next Action Hero | 1/30/2005 | See Source »

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