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Less than 24 hours after Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled in favor of President General Pervez Musharraf's eligibility to run for a second term in office, government forces laid siege to the Supreme Court grounds, where several hundred lawyers had taken refuge after a vicious attack on a peaceful protest in the capital, Islamabad...
...Musharraf, go!" were forcibly prevented from entering the Electoral Commission grounds. Within minutes of reaching the gate, baton-wielding police charged the protesters. Yasser Raja, a 33-year-old lawyer from nearby Rawalpindi, was beaten repeatedly on the head; when he attempted to protect himself the police continued to attack, causing extensive damage to his upraised arm. His lawyer's uniform of white shirt and black suit was soaked in blood, but he continued to shout anti-Musharraf slogans. "These things cannot stop us," he said. "We are ready to sacrifice more and more. Our blood will not be taken...
...Long exposure to action movies has helped audiences become their own Crime Scene experts, appraising the kick of an explosion, the roll of a vehicle after it's been blown up. Connoisseurs will savor an insurgent attack on the FBI team's van, a shootout between the Americans and the terrorists in a Riyadh neighborhood (when the missiles fly, you'll duck!), and the final faceoff in an apartment building. It fulfills the holy law of action movies: stuff blows up great...
...Harvard women’s soccer team prepares to attack its first matchup of the season in the Ancient Eight tomorrow against Yale in New Haven, Conn. Recording a 6-1 season so far, with the only loss to Boston College (currently ranked ninth in Div I.), the Crimson is looking at quite a different season from last year...
...beer bottle, he was charged with simple battery and given probation. The Jena Six have been charged with aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon, their sneakers. When a white man threatened Bailey with a gun, Bailey was charged with theft of the gun for trying to stop the attack...