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...Instead, the family locked itself indoors and set up a round-the-clock watch at the front gate. When the black Opel returned to the neighborhood one evening, Omar's older brother Mohammed chased after it, firing his Kalashnikov into the air. The car never returned, but the family decided it had had enough. Omar and his mother fled to Jordan. Speaking to TIME shortly before leaving, Omar worried that he might never return. "To be forced [out] because of my name ...," he says, before his voice trails off. The grim reality is that for Omar and countless others like...
...should." Happily, this kind of attitude has a corrective. It can sometimes be found in sportsmen themselves, but is more reliably expressed by the people who watch sports or report and analyze them for public consumption. Significantly, when Henry performed his theatrical tumble in the World Cup second-round match against Spain, British TV commentators were outraged. Were France to score from the resultant free kick, one of them deposed, it would be a tainted goal. In much the same way, a Press Association report on the semifinal between France and a Portuguese team accused of unfair tactics voted...
...least one major investor, Kosmo Technology Industrial Berhad, a Malaysian auto components maker, is on board. Kosmo has invested €2 million in Loremo, a big chunk of the €5 million Loremo has raised so far. The company will launch another financing round in September to raise €60 million to fund its production plans. If consumers are finally ready to embrace radical fuel efficiency, then Sommer and his team will have truly nailed...
...victories, against only 115 losses and 17 ties. After steering Harvard to three straight NCAA finals, Stone ran into some difficulties this past year. She returned the team to the Frozen Four, but, lacking the services of three of her top players, the team fell in the first round to top-ranked New Hampshire. —JONATHAN J. LEHMAN
...standoff in Gaza over a captured Israeli soldier on Thursday produced the most intense military clashes of the current round of conflict, as Israeli troops, tanks and aircraft battled Palestinian militants in the northern part of the territory. It also produced the highest casualty toll in an Israeli military operation since 2004. More than 20 Palestinians - some of them reportedly civilians - and one Israeli soldier were killed. Two Israeli soldiers were also wounded, as were around 40 Palestinians...