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...Taliban's one-eyed Commander of the Faithful, might be hiding in the province's mountains with 800 men. The Taliban has deepened its alliance with warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and his fundamentalist, anti-Western Hizb-i-Islami Party, which remains potent in eastern Afghanistan. Hekmatyar used to have close ties to Iran, and Pakistani sympathizers of the Taliban say Tehran may be secretly bankrolling the rebels to tie down U.S. troops in Afghanistan...
...family's former palace. There is praise from British historians, a rave review from Bombay's most acerbic social commentator, write-ups in international leisure magazines and hundreds of photographs of a smiling, immaculate Rana presiding over concerts and book launches and hosting American millionaires at exorbitant black-tie fund raisers under white chiffon marquees. "The scene buzzes," wrote the London Evening Standard in March 2001, noting visits by Sting, Lachlan Murdoch and Steven Seagal. "By day, a sophisticated crowd of models and embassy wives shop for antiques and jewelry ... At night the mood changes?a private view...
...past year-and-a-half, two main scenarios have been on the table—a graduate school campus anchored by the Harvard Law School (HLS) or a science hub with possible tie-ins to commercial biotech...
Trailing 2-1 at halftime, Harvard knew that its intensity needed a jolt. Its comeback began less than two minutes into the second period with a beautifully executed penalty corner that senior Liz Andrews converted to tie the match...
...distracts a talentless student. With an excellent variety of stories that go from cute to existential, editor and designer Chris Pitzer has put together one of the best-looking and best reading anthologies of the year. Printed in black and white and silver, the aesthetics of "Project: Telstar" ingeniously tie the stories together with a cool, sleek look...