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...Still, the 850 soldiers of UNIFIL's Indian contingent may be just the chaps for the job. At home, they are known as the 15th Punjab Infantry Battalion-the oldest, most decorated and, according to them, the most admired unit in the Indian army. Founded in 1705 by the Mahraja of Patiala, they earned their stripes fighting wherever the British Empire needed them, including the Middle East. During World War I, they fought in Gallipoli, Sinai, Gaza, and Jerusalem, and formed a major part of the British force occupying Iraq during the 1920s. Since India's independence from Britain, they...
...recent visit, the battalion displayed an attention to detail and an esprit de corps quite startling to someone who has spent too much time around Middle Eastern armies. "We hope for the best but prepare for the worst," said Colonel Advitya Madan, the unit's commander, as he served tea with the battalion silver, which also includes tug-of-war trophies from the 1930s. Then he went off to drill the battalion, which was waiting on the parade ground in full dress uniform, in preparation for a medal ceremony to be held several weeks away...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) servers last Friday. At approximately 4:05 p.m., a fire alarm went off in the Science Center, and the building was quickly evacuated. Electrical power was cut to the server room after an electrical short circuit caused a fire in the power supply unit, FAS Computer Services spokeswoman Elizabeth Hess said in a statement sent via e-mail. Hess could not be reached for comment over the weekend. The fire caused disruption to the FAS e-mail, Web, database, and network services, which were down for several hours after power...
...scandal began two weeks ago when the bodies of the congressmen, who were representatives to the Central American parliament, and their driver were found bullet-ridden and charred on an abandoned dirt road in Guatemala. Days later, four Guatemalan policemen - including the head of the organized crime investigation unit - were accused of the murders. But before they could be tried for the crimes, the four were assassinated inside their maximum-security prison cell, left face down in a pool of blood, shot with their throats slit. Authorities and opposition politicians in Guatemala say the policemen were part of a group...
...Stony Brook (1-1) by a 13-8 score in front of 1,542 fans at LaValle Stadium in Long Island, N.Y. Despite 50 shots on the afternoon—31 of which were on goal—the Crimson managed just four goals from its starting attackman unit of senior Greg Cohen, junior Liam Griff, and sophomore Max Motschwiller. That came in contrast with a Seawolves squad that scored 13 times on just 20 shots on goal. “They had a good goaltender, but I think the main reason we weren’t scoring was that...