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...favorite series of books in the "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis. In them, Lewis creates a parallel fantasy world with struggles similar to ours, liberally sprinkled with characters derived from mythology and religion, all created and cared for by a child's image of God: Aslan, the great lion. Those very books have been my companions from the first day a quite proper English lady (there's nothing else to call her but that!) read them to my fourth-grade class until now as I am preparing to leave the sanctuaries of college life and childhood behind for good...
...WCRP is a UN organization with chapters around the world. According to Reza Aslan, president of the Harvard branch, Harvard's is the only student-organized chapter in existence...
...Aslan, a second-year Harvard Divinity School student, said the organization asked the ambassador to speak as part of their ongoing discussion of the role of religion in world events...
GROZNY, Russia: New Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov took the oath of office in a ceremony designed to help build up a sense of national identity in the shattered region. Because the Moscow government was determined to portray the inauguration in the secessionist republic as an internal Russian affair, few foreign leaders were present at the event. Now comes the hard part for Maskhadov, who built his fame as a tough-minded and decisive military leader in masterminding several key victories in Chechnya's bloody struggle with Russia. He is faced with a large-scale reconstruction of Chechnya. The war left...
GROZNY, Russia: The new president of Chechnya is a military man and separatist war hero--and also a political pragmatist who may be the republic's only chance at winning independence. Aslan Maskhadov, 45, has 63 percent of the vote with about 90 percent counted; official results are expected today. Maskhadov masterminded the daring offensive last August to retake Grozny and bring the Russians to the peace table. He negotiated the deal that made Monday's elections possible. But the Chechens' overwhelming choice of Maskhadov over rival Shamil Basayev, a young rebel leader, shows political savvy in equal parts...