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...loss in corporate history. As the insurer of much of the toxic American mortgage debt that detonated the implosion of the world's finance markets, AIG is now also set to take on an additional $30 billion in U.S. government rescue funding beyond the record-setting $150 billion in aid it received last year...
Because they are ineligible for student aid from the U.S. government, international students have historically had difficulty finding suitable loan options...
...abrupt termination of the Citibank program in October left Harvard administrators scrambling to find ways to maintain their commitment to financial aid across the University...
...cruel guerrilla leader who helped hold three U.S. military contractors hostage for more than five years was suddenly prostrate on the floor of the helicopter. Colombian Army commandos, disguised as humanitarian aid workers in a sting operation to rescue the prisoners, were pummeling the rebel commandante into submission. One of the hostages on board, Keith Stansell, joined in on the action. The chiseled former U.S. Marine and self-described southern redneck reared back and socked his long-time nemesis in the eye. Then, embracing his now liberated American colleagues, Marc Gonsalves and Tom Howes, Stansell said: "Just one blow...
...with the help of billions in U.S. military aid, the Colombian Army has laid waste to many FARC units and squeezed their supply lines. Shortly before the Americans were rescued, their diet consisted of coffee, rice, lentils and, of all things, popcorn - the smell of which almost tipped off a team of Colombian and American Special Forces hot on their trail. Though the military offensive made life harder for the hostages, it also filled them with hope. "We were exhausted, we were starved and our supply lines were getting torn up," Howes says. "But it was a good feeling knowing...