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...happy and looking rather disheveled from staying up all night when the letter finally arrived. We tore open the envelope to learn that we were Matherites. Now, naïve freshman that I was, I hadn’t so much as laid eyes upon Mather House until the previous night’s housing revelry and didn’t have much of an opinion about it. I happily rummaged through my goodie bag to find my “Singles for Life!” condoms and decided that it was going to be a good House...
...knew less about Belfast than they did about Nairobi - well, I haven't come across a single file that relates intelligence during the Troubles that begin in 1969 to intelligence between the Easter rising in 1916 and the founding of an [Irish] Free State in 1922. Files from that previous period show that intelligence was incredibly confused, and poorly coordinated with local police. What happens in the 1970s? Exactly the same thing. It's a nearly perfect example of the old adage that those who do not understand past mistakes are doomed to repeat them...
...Insists it is his right as a citizen to run for President in elections scheduled for Jan. 31, despite his previous assurances that the government would return to civilian control. Has reportedly told foreign diplomats he intends to be a candidate, which would contradict his earlier pledge. The African Union has threatened sanctions if he runs...
...passed the Senate, after a similar bill passed in the House last month, would provide $7.5 billion in nonmilitary aid over the next five years, in an ambitious plan to counter widespread anti-American sentiment there by helping Pakistan's civilian government deliver essential services to its population. Unlike previous no-strings aid packages, Kerry-Lugar makes support conditional on Pakistan's military being subordinated to its elected government, and taking action against militants sheltering on its soil. But by dangling the prospect of a desperately needed aid package on terms deemed intrusive by the military and opposition parties...
...previous years, the Taliban would scale down their attacks because of winter blizzards, but a NATO logistics officer says the militants now have the capacity to launch ambushes on supply routes year round. The Taliban are also widening the scope of their attacks so that convoys rumbling across two-thirds of the country are now prey to attack, usually by roadside bombs or a well-laid ambush in which rocket-propelled grenades are fired at the lead vehicle, forcing the convoy to a deadly standstill...