Pakistan relaunches Swat operation

Pakistan relaunches Swat operation
The Pakistani Army has launched another operation in the Taliban controlled district of Swat after the Taliban reportedly rampaged in the main city and ordered government officials to appear before a sharia court. Today the military declared a curfew in the main city of Mingora, the only remaining town in Swat under the tenuous control of the government, after more than 100 Taliban fighters "stormed the streets of the town displaying arms," Daily Times reported. The Taliban have held public e

RIC to give tuition break to Mass., Conn. students

RIC to give tuition break to Mass., Conn. students
Rhode Island College announced Monday that it would lower tuition for some students from Connecticut and Massachusetts in a gesture it calls a "good neighbor effort."

Carl McIntosh dies at 94; president of what is now Cal State Long Beach

The university experienced rapid growth during his tenure in the 1960s.

Carl McIntosh, president of what is now Cal State Long Beach during a period of rapid growth in the 1960s, died Monday in Bozeman, Mont. He was 94.

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