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...Urdu phrase is Shadeed Garmi, extreme heat. It was 120[degrees]F last week in Delhi, 110[degrees] in Islamabad and well over 100[degrees] in Kashmir. For the Indian grenadiers of the J.K. Light Infantry regiment and the Pakistani troopers of the 15th Northern Division entrenched on opposite sides of Kashmir's Line of Control, the torrid weather made for itchy trigger fingers and an eagerness to join the battle--anything would be better than pointlessly sweltering in full battle gear. For Calcutta day laborers and Lahore rickshaw drivers, the unseasonably warm weather meant abandoning the bricklaying or cruising...
...first wisps of the monsoon finally doused the extreme heat on the subcontinent late last week, allowing the masses to return to a semblance of a normal life. It will be a month before the full monsoon and its cooling rains sweep into Pakistan, however, leaving extremists plenty of idle time to plot revenge against India and ratchet up the pressure on their President...
...individual taking most of the heat is Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. After vowing to get tough with the Burmese and drugs, lately he's lately been preaching a more tolerant line. When Burma protested over Thai army exercises near the border last month, Thaksin's government halted them, and told soldiers to counter incursions by firing blanks. Tensions between the Thai government and its military are so palpable that, according to local press reports, Thaksin endured a chewing-out last week by Chief Privy Councillor Prem Tinsulanonda. Thaksin's intentions have been called into question because his company, Shin...
...varsity four, which had been the bane of the Black and White’s team performance at Sprints, turned in a strong result by winning its preliminary heat to reach the Grand Final. The boat placed last in the final, but its sixth-place finish was still the best of the three NCAARadcliffe crews...
...preliminary heat, Radcliffe posted a time of 6:52.47, five seconds behind Wisconsin’s finish. Mercyhurst was nine seconds behind the Black and White, a margin that all but disappeared in the Grand Final...