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...military prison system in Iraq is a labyrinth that currently holds about 25,000 people. Each day, a few more are thrown into the judicial maze - a limbo to which most have no access to lawyers, since they are treated as enemy combatants. U.S. officials stress that the detainee population largely represents people who would likely be involved in insurgent violence or militia activity if they were allowed into the streets. "There are [innocent] people who get swept up," said U.S. Col. Mark Martins, a staff judge advocate who works on law and order issues with Iraqi authorities. "There...
...political advantage. Chávez's radical left-wing rule resides in his populist challenge to "imperialist" threats - and what more convenient symbol of colonial oppression for Chávez (besides his favorite, the U.S.) than the Spanish throne, which plundered South America for three centuries before it was thrown out in the 1800s by Venezuelan "Liberator" Simón Bolívar, the namesake of Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution...
...fourth quarter: Pizzotti just missed Cook bad on a short pass. He's been pretty inaccurate today, but he hasn't thrown anything that Penn can catch, thankfully for Harvard fans. The Crimson will punt from its own 12. Another punt into the wind gives the Quakers the ball at the Crimson 45. Good field position for Penn...
...little more than a month ago, the College moved to abrogate Undergraduate Council (UC) funding of alcohol purchases for student-thrown parties. The UC cried foul, accusations flew, and a standoff ensued. Now we are told a compromise has been reached. The result? The UC will not fund alcohol purchases for student-thrown parties.The only difference seems to be that while the UC was busy passionately denouncing the College’s violation of “student citizenship” in early October, it now seems perversely satisfied. On the UC’s e-mail list, representative Brian...
Further complicating matters was the season-ending injury to starting quarterback Robert Irvin, one of the league’s top returning passers, early in the year, leaving backup Bryan Walker as the starting man for the remainder of the season. Walker, a more mobile quarterback, has thrown for 1,265 yards, eight touchdowns and seven interceptions so far this year, while also running for 162 yards...