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...Harvard men’s and women’s diving teams soared to victory in the Collegiate Diving Invitational, despite the absence of their usual swim team counterparts...
...supposedly loves and cares for his creation and is responsive to prayers yet is either unwilling or unable to prevent natural disasters. Here in Britain, religious leaders eager to rally their flocks have rushed to offer muddled theological explanations in the national media, attracting the usual scorn from unbelievers. But atheists too can offer nothing better than feeble claims of nature's inherent cruelty. Modern deism advocates an agent or agents of intelligent design whose nature, preferences and intentions we have yet to establish. An increasing number of intellectuals are embracing that concept. Eugene D. Bell-Gam Wembley, England Rapid...
...Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will help open a fresh chapter in the long search for Middle East peace this week when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. But as usual, internal Palestinian politics played a key role in getting him there. Abbas agreed to go to Sharm el-Sheikh because he wants to show that he has Egypt's support in his effort to rein in the militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Shaken by Hamas' overwhelming victory in last month's municipal elections in the Gaza Strip...
...England is perfect under pressure. Coach Bill Belichick is superb in making gameday adjustments, and the unflappable Brady thrives under fire—destined to become one of only four quarterbacks to win three super bowls. In fact, if he executes as usual, he could grab his third Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, tying him with the legendary Joe Montana...
...House of Lords’ ruling, made in an 8-1 decision by nine sitting Law Lords instead of the usual five (only the second time a bench of such a size has sat since the World War II), identified an especially salient moral wrong inherent in the unlawful detentions. Lord Nicholls, one of the judges, said, “Indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial is anathema in any country which observes the rule of law. It deprives the detained person of the protection a criminal trial is intended to afford.” Certainly this applies...