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...Spend time in any Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon and you quickly understand that Osama bin Laden is a symbol of resistance. In the run-up to the Iraq war, TIME Beirut correspondent Nick Blanford and I visited 'Ayn al-Hilweh, a Palestinian camp outside of Sidon. Two things struck me. A fundamentalist Sunni group, Usbat al-Islam, occupied half the camp, which we didn't enter because we probably wouldn't have made it back out. And, two, the Fatah commander was already recruiting fighters to go to Iraq to fight the occupation. Both sides were signed...
...refugees from this seaside camp, home to 40,000 people, was spurred by a temporary cease-fire Tuesday afternoon. The cease-fire was arranged to allow a convoy of six United Nations trucks to enter the camp to deliver food, water and medical supplies. But the convoy was struck by several mortar rounds while unloading its emergency provisions. Although none of the crew were harmed, three vehicles were damaged and had to be abandoned. The U.N. said it was unsure whether the mortar fire was from the Lebanese army ringing the camp or from the Fatah al-Islam militants holed...
...particularly struck by this last week, when an incident in the Quad sparked lively discussion on campus. According to reports, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) responded to complaints of commotion on the Quad’s public lawn during the "ABHW-BMF Challenge," a gathering put on by the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) and the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW). HUPD arrived, questioning the students’ presence on the lawn. Some present were asked to show IDs to verify that they were Harvard students. Officers then asked the students to "keep the noise down...
...Year, threw six innings and allowed just one run, a day after she had gone the distance in a tough nine-inning 3-2 loss to Hofstra. But Great Dane freshman Leah McIntosh did her one better, throwing a shutout to improve to 11-5. The rookie struck out six and worked around six Crimson hits, stranding eight opposing runners. Madick allowed just three hits and three walks while piling up four strikeouts, but took the loss to move her record to 16-6.“Shelly pitched a great game,” said captain and second baseman...
...said. “It was great to see us come out strong and steady defensively.”But then Hodge, down to the Pride’s final strike, saved the day and Dreslinski, after a scoreless eighth and a top of the ninth in which Lotti struck out the side, ended it. As Edwards said, “We’re always telling them, ‘There’s no clock in this game.’”—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...