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...first league opponents, the Harvard men’s volleyball team (3-0, 2-0 Hay) swept Rutgers-Newark and Sacred Heart in this weekend’s matches at the Malkin Athletic Center.The Crimson came out firing on offense, putting together solid passing plays and notching high attacking percentages to down both opponents in three games.Harvard’s three-game winning streak puts it at the top of the pack, giving the Crimson more momentum at the start of the season than it’s had in the last three years. Now Harvard looks to earn...
...victory over Princeton (4-15, 1-2 Ivy). A night after pulling off a nail-biter against an upset-minded Penn squad, the Crimson put away any thoughts of a thriller by jumping out to an early lead. Junior Emily Tay scored 15 points to lead a balanced offensive attack, while co-captain Lindsay Hallion chipped in 14 on 6-of-9 shooting. Nine other players scored for Harvard, which tied its highest offensive output of the season. “Tonight was as sweet as it comes, to be able to put up big numbers and beat [Princeton...
...Musharraf, increasingly unpopular since his dismissal late last year of the Supreme Court - which was poised to invalidate his recent re-election on constitutional grounds - will likely face even more popular opprobrium following the latest attack. But, says Zehra, this should not be confused with Pakistani reluctance to pursue terrorists. "It would be erroneous to draw any conclusions from public criticism against Musharraf for letting in U.S. forces. In the greater context, there is a lack of trust between the people of Pakistan and Musharraf's government. Because of his lack of political legitimacy there is bound to be criticism...
...Retired Lt. General Talat Masood, who recently signed an open letter asking Musharraf to step down as president, says this attack, if it did kill al Libi, "shows that our intelligence is getting better, and that sometimes the Predator drones do work." However, he cautions, "It gives the impression that Pakistani sovereignty has been breached, and that builds resentment." Recent remarks by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the United States is "ready, willing and able" to conduct joint combat operations against rising militancy in Pakistan has only inflamed tensions. The prevailing opinion is that for the past six years...
...Neither U.S. nor Pakistani officials have officially confirmed Tuesday's predator attack, but such joint maneuverings come as little surprise to Pakistani analysts. "This is nothing new," says defense analyst Nasim Zehra. "Coordinated attacks using Pakistani intelligence and U.S. firepower have been accepted by many levels of governmental institutions, but for deniability purposes no one will ever confirm what happened...