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...students aren't afraid to walk to class. But Qadiri is a Kashmiri Muslim. He chose a college near Ahmadabad, the main city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Two months ago, a mob of Muslims torched a train carriage near Ahmadabad, killing 58 Hindus. In the aftermath, nearly a thousand Muslims have been killed in reprisals that fail to simmer down. Qadiri's parents are spending a fortune trying to keep in touch with their son by phone, hoping he won't be the next victim. Qadiri had the luck of the Kashmiris: he found the only other...
Nyweide had been a man on a mission all week long. While most of the team was still basking in the glow that was the aftermath of last Wednesday’s improbable ninth-inning comeback against Brown, Nyweide was getting his work in, throwing in the bullpen. After he was done, his catcher, sophomore Mickey Kropf, stopped to talk to reporters about the game-tying triple he had hit. Nyweide, a portrait of focus, picked up his bag and strode away quietly. He had some loose ends...
...aftermath of the second place finish of the ultra-conservative leader of the French National Front party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, many of have attempted to find some explanation for his surprising electoral showing, an unprecedented “victory” that allowed him to participate in this weekend’s two-man runoff election with incumbent President Jacques Chirac. In the process, it is easy to write off this development as the result of impotent mainstream politicians, the fragmentation of the Left’s vote, or the political apathy of the “silent?...
...least three of them already in George W. Bush's presidency. First came his strange, complicated birth, his narrow escape from a Florida swamp, a President uncertain from the start. Next came the innocent clarity of September and the burst of national unity. The attacks and their aftermath seemed to end all the confusion about who was in charge and showed us what Bush was capable of after all: strength, leadership, even vision...
...attack's aftermath, Germany declared a day of national mourning. Flags were lowered to half-staff, and church bells tolled throughout Thuringia. In Erfurt thousands crammed into a church for an interfaith memorial service held just hours after the shooting. On Saturday, students, parents and teachers gathered in front of the school, where hundreds of bouquets, candles and toys filled the steps...