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...Wednesday wire services reported clashes in Nasiriyah, a southern Iraqi city known for power struggles between the Mahdi Army and militias tied to Maliki's party. And in the Mahdi Army stronghold of Sadr City in east Baghdad, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have struggled to restore order over the past month, the bombing of a city council building Tuesday reinforced the impression of just how volatile the area still is. The blast left 10 people dead, three of whom were U.S. government employees...
...their upcoming semifinal game against Germany on Wednesday, the Turks have a numbers problem. Emre Aşık, Arda Turan and Tuncay Şanli are suspended. Its two other Emres, Belozoglu and Göngör, are injured and hero striker Nihat Kahveci, who shattered the Czechs earlier with an injury-time goal, is already home with a thigh problem. There were 14 players available at a recent training session. No problem, says Rustu. "Turkey's never-give-up attitude shouldn't be forgotten." Maybe Germany should just let Turkey score first. It just might get them...
Education School professor Judith D. Singer began Wednesday as senior vice provost for faculty diversity and development, succeeding Evelynn M. Hammonds, who left the post to become dean of Harvard College this month. And next month, Lori E. Gross, director of arts initiatives at MIT, will move up Mass Ave to take over as associate provost for arts and culture, a position that became open after Sean T. Buffington '91 left last summer to become president of the University of the Arts...
...they will attend Lambeth instead. The group even had trouble finding a location for its conference. At first it was scheduled for Jerusalem, but then the Anglican bishop there said he had enough problems without a divisive conference on his turf. The site was switched to Jordan, but on Wednesday the Jordanian border authorities delayed Akinola and another bishop from entering the country. The reasons were not stated, but opponents suggest that the Jordanians finally caught up with some of the remarks Akinola made in Nigeria a few years ago that may have contributed to violence between Christians and Muslims...
Edward C. Forst '82 was named the University's first executive vice president Wednesday morning, bringing an end to a protracted year-long search...