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...Persian Gulf is too dangerous. As one flies into Arbil, the sole sign of war is the airport's heavy security. Kurdish soldiers - or peshmerga, as they are known - sit in tall watchtowers along the perimeter, and civilian vehicles may not enter the airport gates, where baggage searchers wear ski masks to hide their faces. Flights from the new Kurdistan Airlines and other carriers arrive directly from Istanbul, Frankfurt, Dubai and Beirut. Austrian Airlines officials have agreed the company will be the first European airline to fly to Arbil, with three Vienna flights a week scheduled to start sometime this...
...blood." That is not an early Da Vinci Code draft. It is a description of Opus Dei founder Escrivá's routine by his eventual successor, quoted in a biography of Escrivá. Escrivá emphasized that others should not emulate his ferocity. But numeraries are expected, although not compelled, to wear a cilice, a small chain with inward-pointing spikes, around the upper thigh for two hours each day, and to flail themselves briefly weekly, with a small rope whip called a discipline...
...Farrar said. “We made some adjustments after that.” Harvard’s superior depth allowed it to pull away quickly. “We are much deeper than they are,” Farrar said. “We were able to wear them down as the game went on.” Freshman Nicola Pearlman made three saves in net for the team. By facing a team that had rarely been a problem for it in the past, the Crimson was able to use this game to help prepare for Northerns...
...they can, five at a time. "We want to give our fellow citizens the opportunity to see us as real families," the group said in its announcement, "participating in a great American tradition on the White House lawn, rather than protesting from the sidelines." The activists plan to wear coordinated T-shirts to make an impact in television footage. If they are denied access, they plan to "gather together as a group as close to the media as possible to share our story," the group says in an advisory to potential participants...
...this day, as L?pez speaks, a supporter carries onto the stage a cage holding two large, squawking chachalaca birds. They wear the names of L?pez's two major opponents and symbolize for his campaign the anti-L?pez, anti-leftist hysteria he says they're trying to create. "We're going to rescue our rural countryside, which is being crushed by [free trade with the U.S.], and we're going to generate wealth again in Mexico!" he shouts. Farmers like Manuel Garcia, 48, who says he has five brothers working illegally in the U.S., roar in approval. "I'm with AMLO...