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...aeyries in which to hide. The two-day attack and relentless bombing destroyed what was probably the last of his Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan, located just above the caves. The area is a picture of devastation. Strewn across the terraced slopes that climb a tight valley are torn strips of Arabic training manuals, some shreds of clothing, a set of parallel exercise bars and a shooting target printed by the National Rifle Association. Trees blown from the earth lie with their roots twisted into clumps like charred driftwood. Bomb craters 50 feet across and 20 feet deep...
...five of its starters from last year. Like the Tigers, it runs the “Princeton system” emphasizing disciplined play. Also like Princeton, the Lions have a former starter returning to the team after sitting out a year in Duerksen, who missed last season with a torn ACL and a stress fracture in his foot. His return will allow Hill to use 6’0 guard Victor Munoz, a starter last year, off the bench...
...recession, coupled with their inattention, has left the state with the undesirable position of having to make drastic spending reductions in social services for the next fiscal year. Because much of the budget is non-discretionary, there are few areas where cuts can be made. State leaders are now torn between cutting programs that provide crucial services to needy populations, such as the mentally ill, learning disabled and AIDS patients or slashing preventative programs such as teen anti-smoking campaigns and cancer awareness initiatives...
Nelofer Pazira is not ashamed to admit her fortune: "I have lived a privileged life outside the world of oppression." If she had grown up in the average Afghan home, she would never have gone to school. She would never have been able to leave the war-torn country, as she did with her family in 1989. She would never have learned English or emigrated to Canada, where the Paziras were the only Afghans in the entire province of New Brunswick. She would never have earned a college degree...
...recording contracts, Harry pulls together a band that just happens to include a representative of each of the country's three major races, plus a Eurasian lead singer and a flamboyantly gay keyboardist, played by Edwin R. Sumun. The band's bassist, Yati, is a young Malay woman torn between her love for Harry and his Western ways and her conservative, highly religious family. Yati, played with glowing conviction by Ellie Suriaty Omar, carries much of the film...