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...series of suicide bombings hit the Iraqi city of Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens more. The blasts, which came just days ahead of the country's March 7 parliamentary elections, are the latest in a string of attacks by extremists with links to al-Qaeda aimed at destabilizing the country and disrupting elections. In anticipation of further election-related violence, Iraqi officials are planning an increase in security measures across the country, including curfews, vehicle bans and heightened police surveillance...
...Seared by the humiliations of Guantánamo, Rasoul immediately rejoined the Taliban insurgency, bent on revenge. Better known by his nom de guerre, Mullah Abdullah Zakir, he is now believed by Afghan and NATO intelligence officers to be the Taliban's new field commander, responsible for a string of bombings and ambushes in southern Afghanistan over the past year that have killed dozens of NATO troops (and which killed more than 30 people in a series of bombings in Kandahar over the weekend). He is believed to have assumed overall responsibility for Taliban military operations from the movement...
...Harvard’s most visible power couples, the Bhabhas live in a quaint, unmarked cottage near the Radcliffe Quad. Their quiet street sits a few blocks away from a string of neighborhood businesses on Concord Avenue. Days usually start early in the morning for Homi K. Bhabha, at around 5:30 or 6 a.m. He writes his lectures and works until 7 a.m. or so, when he’ll take Django, his Welsh Springer Spaniel, for a walk around the neighborhood. Around 8 a.m., he shares a light breakfast of Darjeeling tea and fresh fruit with...
...Ferri allowed a leadoff double in the top of the first before sending the runner home on a fielding error to give the Cougars the only run of the game. Ferri rebounded to pitch two-hit ball over the next 5.1 innings, but the Crimson couldn’t string hits together and only managed three hits and six baserunners in the game...
Midway through the frame, another string of four missed shots, along with two turnovers, allowed the Quakers to rush ahead, as a left-wing three by Rosen gave his team a seven-point lead with 4:53 to go. All but two of Rosen’s 15 points came in the second half...