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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people and the process cannot be considered to have been credible," said Max van den Berg, chief election monitor for the European Union. A local alliance of civil society observers called for the cancellation of Sunday's vote. "The election was a charade," they declared. "A democratic arrangement founded on such fraud can have no legitimacy." Even outgoing President Olesegun Obasanjo, who nominated Yar'Adua as his successor, admitted: "Our elections could not have been said to have been perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Failure of Democracy in Nigeria | 4/23/2007 | See Source »

...matza or PBJ-and-matza,” to fend off the forty-years-march lethargy. Those of you keeping tabs on kashrut will note that despite being Ashkenazic, Valkin uses the traditional Sephardic interpretation of the Passover traditions. Harvard football standout Mike Berg also takes this broader view, and boasts of having imparted his love for the PBJ-and-M to his roommates. I personally advocate the matza cereal, though its preparation requires an athletic crumbling motion that just not everyone can master at first. It’s not for the faint of wrist. Another very wise...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Behold, The Power of Matza | 4/5/2007 | See Source »

...more successful you are, the more bribes (read: t-shirts) you’ll receive. 6) Disguise yourself as a janitor and snag some tees during the post-game cleanup. 7) Unleash your inner klepto and steal each house’s mascot costume. The bathroom in the Berg is located in the basement. Some quick costume changes, and sneaky table rotations should do the trick. 8) Steal a box of your house’s t-shirts. Initiate a post-soccer game style exchange aimed at upperclassmen whose current collection of house tees does not need expansion. 9) Forge...

Author: By Mark A. Pacult, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Ways to Get House Shirts | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

Government officials say they try to steer Iraqis to smaller towns, where housing is cheaper and their skills are in greater demand. But Iraqis resist. "It's a major problem for us," says Mattias Sjberg, a migration officer at the Swedish Migration Board in Stockholm. "We send people to the north or down south, but in the end many Iraqis end up in Stockholm, where there is a [Muslim] community...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: A haven from war confronts the price of generosity | 3/2/2007 | See Source »

...faster than rabbits." But if anything, "Light Sensitive" captures an art form reconnecting with its original mystery: paper, chemicals, light. Such were the essential ingredients of the early?19th century camera-less process of photograms, and by casting everyday objects in a contemporary light, current practitioners such as Christl Berg, Anne Ferran and Penelope Davis seem to reveal the very essence of the photographic process. Here light carries an almost god-like aura, peering into the most inscrutable of subjects. Even in the subtly manipulated Lauren, 2003, Petrina Hicks uses new technologies to highlight photography's old-fashioned alchemy. Left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dark Reflections | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

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