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...veteran coach with experience at a top Division I program in UMD. He also served as an assistant at New England College—his alma mater—for three years. A top defenseman in his playing days, the Swedish native will look to help the Harvard defensive unit and penalty kill...
...affidavit, Abdul Razak says that after Shaariibuu showed up in town, he confided about her to a high-ranking security officer who worked for Najib. Then, on Oct. 19, according to Abdul Razak's affidavit, the think-tank head called a police officer associated with a high-level unit that provided security for top Malaysian leaders to tell him Shaariibuu was outside his house. Soon after, a car with three police agents pulled up and took the Mongolian woman away. That was the last Abdul Razak says he saw of his former paramour...
...Peace Signs Re "Give peace a number" [June 18]: the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Peace Index ranks the peacefulness of countries based on violent crimes and soldiers killed overseas. It would be interesting to see a more positive index rating, such as the "most generous and compassionate countries in the world." Charles Wolan, NIEDERWIL, SWITZERLAND...
...young doctor living in unit 9 of the upmarket apartment block in Southport, a coastal town an hour south of Brisbane, Australia, hardly matched the popular image of a terrorist sympathizer. "He didn't have a beard. He was quietly spoken. He didn't talk about anything. If you had said boo to him he would have fallen over," says Steve Bosher, manager of the building...
...goals on the country’s youth. Unlike in the U.S., where the standard high-achieving teenager likely wants to attend college, type A Israelis fall into a number of different groups. Some want to go to the army: to work in the intelligence, in an elite commando unit, or as a pilot. For these people, the unit they want becomes their Harvard. They train for it physically and mentally. And, like Harvard, many who try to reach these units are not accepted. For others, attending college first is the aim. But even then, the process is not simply...