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...residents across the city continue to argue that Harvard, with its hefty endowment and 189 acres of tax-exempt property, could do more to assist its host city. The University contributes a voluntary payment in lieu of taxes currently set at $1.7 million, and Stone says Harvard and city officials are making “slow but steady progress” on a renewed agreement...
...family is gone and my house is gone too," said 40-year-old Rosin Madombe, whose two small children drowned before she could get them out of her now-submerged house. "What am I supposed to do?" With hurricane season only a few months off, relief organizations rushed to assist the poorest country in the western hemisphere. "A few months ago we couldn't move because of security," said Guy Gavreau of the U.N. World Food Program. "Now we can't move because the roads are destroyed." A minor earthquake that struck late Saturday caused little additional damage. - By Peter...
...fighting for democracy in Iraq is increasingly hollow. As Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., put it, “We’re trying to win the hearts and minds as we’re killing them and torturing them.” If we want to assist in the growth of democracy and openness, then our own government needs to be democratic and open itself...
Connor said he expected Turner to return to assist with Mitchell’s VES course next year...
...paying $750 a month for a simple, mud-walled house that ordinarily rented for less than $80. Mohammed and his tribesmen also earn cash selling supplies to other Muslim militants?Arabs, Chechens and Uzbeks, according to the official?and by providing al-Qaeda with fresh recruits and guides to assist in raids against American patrols inside Afghanistan. Each fighter receives $450 per ambush...