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...Raiders hosted Iona of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in a non-conference tilt on Saturday...
Bergman faced her toughest battle in the semifinals, facing Delila Causevic of Maryland. Causevic, who stands 6-3 and can wear opponents down with a strong power game, jumped out to a one-set lead in her tilt with Bergman...
...Muslim holy month of Ramadan will bring the Taliban no quarter. That was the message from the White House, Thursday, as National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice vowed that the U.S. would continue to step up its military campaign to tilt the scales against the Taliban before Afghanistan's winter renders significant ground advances unlikely. And a letter purportedly from Osama bin Laden widely broadcast Thursday, which calls on Pakistanis to fight against the U.S. campaign suggests that General Musharraf may be in for a testing month as fasting Muslims are drawn together on a daily basis at their mosques...
...four-week bombing campaign that has thus far produced no tangible shift in the balance of power in Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance, too, has criticized the U.S. for failing to subject the Taliban frontlines to sustained aerial bombardment, with frontline commanders questioning whether the Americans were serious about helping tilt the balance in favor of the Alliance. The sustained bombing of the past two days has changed all that; the question now is whether the Alliance has the capacity to overwhelm a more numerous, better armed and perhaps even more motivated foe and prove itself a capable proxy...
...face of it all, Musharraf is moving vigorously to tilt the odds his way. Besides deploying heavy security forces to contain demonstrations, he put three of the most virulent extremist leaders under house arrest. His most significant actions took place inside the army's barracks. He renewed his term as military chief "indefinitely." And he shook out top generals partial to the Taliban or its brand of fierce Islam who might try to undermine his new policies. Just about everyone was taken off guard, only a few hours before the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan began, when Musharraf smoothly purged three...