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...belonged, was almost certainly planning new attacks, and Azahari had been training new bombmakers. Last Friday security forces found a bombmaking video at a house they suspect Noordin had recently occupied. Police say the tape contained confessions by the Oct. 1 bombers in which they declared they would go straight to paradise upon their death. Says a senior Indonesian police official: "Until we get the other key members, we won't be able to relax...
...avenge their teacher's death." Indeed, last Friday security forces found a videotape with instructions in bombmaking at a Semarang house they suspect was recently occupied by Nurdin. Police say the tape also contained statements by the Oct. 1 Bali suicide bombers in which they declare they will go straight to paradise once they die. The fear remains that more aspiring bombers may be walking Indonesia's streets with heaven-and murder-on their minds...
...tonight. It is the third game in five days for the Crimson (3-2-0, 3-2-0 ECAC), which lost to No. 5 Cornell last Friday and beat No. 17 Colgate the following night. Meanwhile, the Eagles (4-2-1, 3-1-1 Hockey East) have won three straight, including a 2-1 victory over No. 8 Vermont this Sunday. Last season, Harvard stunned Boston College in the Bright Hockey Center with a 3-1 victory. At the time, the Eagles were tops in the nation, while the Crimson was a middling 2-2-1. “Obviously...
...midfielder Jen McDavitt was unanimously named first-team All-Ivy League this past week, while senior back Beth Sackovich and freshman goaltender Kelly Knoche were each awarded second-team status. McDavitt paced Harvard this year with 12 points on four scores and four assists. The designation marks the second straight year she has been recognized among the Ancient Eight elite. As a sophomore, she was named to the second-team, and as a freshman McDavitt was an honorable mention and Ivy League Rookie of the Year. She also received third-team All-America status as a junior. The captain will...
Martin isn't the best known of America's straight-up fantasy writers. That honor would probably go to upstart Christopher Paolini (Eragon), or Robert Jordan (the endlessly turning Wheel of Time series), or better yet to ageless grandmistress Ursula K. LeGuin (A Wizard of Earthsea). But of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best. In fact, with his newest book, A Feast for Crows (Bantam; 784 pages), currently descending on bookstores and ascending best-seller lists, this is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien...