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...campaign was one of the best in the history of the Harvard men’s soccer team, which continues to reap the dividends of an Ivy League championship season. On Thursday, captain and two-time Ivy League Player of the Year Charles Altchek went to Florida for the Adidas Major League Soccer (MLS) Player Combine. During the holiday break, Ivy League Rookie of the Year André Akpan stayed on as one of 21 players training for the U.S. Under-20 National Team, from which one more player will be cut before the Jan. 17-21 CONCACAF qualifying tournament...
...within striking distance of Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza. His friend and crony Moshe Katzav, the President of Israel, is under investigation for rape. Sharon would also learn that with Olmert's limp hand at the helm, the fortunes of his Kadima party are fast sinking; a poll last Thursday showed that 77% of Israelis disapprove of Olmert, whom they perceive as weak and shifty. Nor is America as obedient to Israel's demands as it was when Sharon was giving bear hugs at the White House. Sharon could be forgiven for thinking that without his leadership, the Israeli body...
...Shirley Bonner's family owns a herd about 18 miles outside of Springfield. As of Thursday night, 100 of 130 animals were located, but more bad weather is predicted, and family members were frantically trying to chop ice over frozen water supplies and make snow paths that the animals would follow. Others used snowmobiles to ferry water in old cream cans to locations where cows might get to them. Acknowledging that the relationships between ranchers and animals aren't purely economic, Bonner spoke softly of emotional connections: "No matter how many animals you have," she said, "you know them...
...Spring calving hasn't yet begun, and there are many pregnant cows stranded chest deep or deeper in the snow. "We're starting to see the trucks hauling the fatalities off to rendering plants," Ament said Thursday night. "We want to haul as many as possible as soon as possible so we don't waste the meat." A meeting of state and local officials was scheduled on Friday to discuss how to handle all the carcasses. As the snows melt and more frozen animals are discovered, it is anticipated that long trenches will be dug in which to bury...
...Aviation isn't the only area of Indonesia's transportation sector, vital to the 220 million people spread across its 1,800 islands, to be in difficulty. As Jakarta called in Singapore and the United States for help in the search for the aircraft on Thursday, local officials in East Java continued rescue efforts for the victims of a shipping disaster that left more than 400 missing when a ferry with 628 passengers went down off the coast of Java last Friday. On Wednesday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the creation of a special team to evaluate the nation...