Iraqi rower Khalid Ismael loads his boat and oars after rowing practice at dusk at the Riverside Boat Club boat house in Cambridge, Mass. Ismael, along with five other Iraqi rowers, their coach, and their team leader were brought to the United States by rowing booster Bill Engeman and former US national team coach Bruce Smith to train and compete. Smith and Engeman were helping the group prepare for the 2010 Asian Games (Nov. 12-27) by rowing in Boston and competing in the Head of the Charles regatta. Ann Hermes/Staff
From left, Ahmed Haily, Ahmed Sattar, and Mohammed Al-Juboori train on the Charles River in Boston. Ann Hermes/Staff
Volunteer coach Judith Vogel (l.) follows in a motor boat at dawn as four Iraqi rowers launch from a dock at Community Rowing Inc., in Brighton, Mass. for a workout prior to the Head of the Charles regatta, considered the largest crew event in the world. Ann Hermes/Staff
The Iraqi rowing team gathers at the Riverside Boat Club boat house after an early evening practice in Cambridge. The team of six athletes trains twice a day, at dawn and dusk. Ann Hermes/Staff
Iraqi rower Haidar Nawzad, who qualified for a Doubles race at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, juggles with teammates after practice at the Riverside Boat Club boat house. Ann Hermes/Staff
Iraqi rower Khalid Ismael stows oars after practice at the Riverside Boat Club boat house. Ann Hermes/Staff
Muhammad Al-Juboor (c.) trains in the workout room of the Riverside Boat Club boat house with his teammates on rowing machines – the infamous ergometers or 'ergs,' as rowers know them. Ann Hermes/Staff
Iraqi rowing Olympian Haidar Nawzad trains on the Charles. He placed 15th of 27 in the Championship Singles race at the Head of the Charles on Oct. 23. Ann Hermes/Staff
The Iraqi rowing team was invited to dinner at the home of Community Rowing Inc. board member Peter Silberstein in Newton, Mass. Ann Hermes/Staff
Iraqi rowing coach Majid Saleh Abdulraheem pinned a racing number on Haidar Nawzad before his men's single-scull race at the Head of the Charles regatta. Haidar's time of 19 minutes, 43 seconds was less than a minute slower than the winning time of 18:45.
Iraqi rowing coach Majid Saleh Abdulraheem (r.) registers Iraqi rower Haidar Nawzad for his race at the Head of the Charles. Ann Hermes/Staff
Volunteer coach Judith Vogel calls to the team from a motorboat as the Iraqis do workout drills on the Charles. The Iraqi Lightweight Fours team placed 10th out of 19 at the Head of the Charles.
Iraqi rowers competed in a mock race with US veterans of the Iraqi war at Community Rowing Inc., on Oct. 17. The Iraqis helped coach the vets for the race. Ann Hermes/Staff
Iraqi rowing coach Iraqi Majid Salih Abdulraheem cheered as rower Haidar Nawzad passed the finish line in the Championship Singles race at the Head of the Charles regatta. Ann Hermes/Staff
From left: former US Rowing Head Coach Bruce Smith (now executive director of Community Rowing, Inc.), team leader Jaefar Ahmed Amira Arlawazi, Iraqi coach Majid Salih Abdulraheem, and rower Haidar Nawzad crowd around to look at Haidar's race time after he competed in the Championship Singles race at the Head of the Charles. Haidar later won a gold medal in the Directors’ Quad Challenge, partnered with three other rowers from the singles race. Ann Hermes/Staff
Cambodia's lost city of Mahendraparvata lay hidden beneath a canopy of dense vegetation. Airborne lasers produced a detailed map of a vast cityscape, including highways and previously undiscovered temples near Cambodia's prized Angkor Wat temples.
Cambodia's lost city has been found. Airborne laser technology uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
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