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...these kids have been chosen as leaders: Mark is clever, Mounia is vivacious, Charbel is exuberant, Rebecca is contemplative. They're puzzled about the fuss others make about their local area. The Muslims who are their neighbors, are just that: people to greet, to share food with and to visit on special occasions. Charbel, from Punchbowl, hangs out with the local Muslim boys; sometimes they ask each other questions about their faiths. Those whose parents are immigrants from Lebanon have heard stories of conflict and bloodshed; the younger ones don't seem to harbor grudges on their behalf. Some students...
...December gauntlet kicks off this weekend at home with a visit from western powerhouse Minnesota-Duluth. National champions from 2001-2003, with the last trophy coming at the Crimson’s expense in a double-overtime title game, the Bulldogs have slipped in recent years. They still have a bite, however, as showcased in one of the biggest upsets in collegiate women’s hockey this year, a 2-0 victory of previously unbeaten and then-No. 1 Wisconsin on Friday night. Harvard will also tote a four-game losing streak in the rivalry into the Bright Hockey...
...Roman Catholic Church's Diplomat Maximus. It is largely new terrain for the 79-year-old Pontiff, a trained theologian who spent two decades in the Vatican working on doctrinal matters. The terrestrial exigencies of diplomacy will touch on both geopolitics and inter-religious relations during the four-day visit, as Turkey is both 98% Muslim and the historic home of a competing Eastern branch of Christianity. Everything, of course, will be amplified in the wake of Benedict's now famous September speech about faith and violence that simultaneously angered much of the Islamic world and made the Pope...
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President Bush is set to visit Riga, Latvia, this week for a NATO summit, at which he will urge greater spending for Afghanistan as well as propose a military pact with Australia, Japan and South Korea...