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Largely ignored in the current coverage of the crisis in Iraq is the continuing plight of the Kurdish people. The slaughter of Saddam’s gas attacks in the late 1980’s stands out in the public consciousness, yet few have a historical perspective broad enough to truly understand the duration and severity of the oppression that has been foisted upon the Kurds...
...sizeable presence in the Middle East, the Kurds number roughly 20 million and reside in a broad swathe from Southeastern Turkey, to Northern Iraq and Western Iran. The largest concentration of Kurds in the region—around 10 million—resides in Turkey and comprises upwards of 20 percent of the country’s population...
...There is a remarkably broad interest in Shakespeare, a hunger that appears insatiable,” Greenblatt says. “This book is an attempt to address that hunger by connecting the life and works of the great poet...
...When people look to how the Human Genome Project will help cure diseases, they will be looking to [Mootha],” said David Altshuler, director of the Medical and Population Genetics Program at the Harvard-MIT Broad Institute...
...This is a wonderful recognition of an extraordinary individual,” said Eric Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute, in a press release. “Vamsi has creatively applied his diverse backgrounds in medicine, cell biology and computational science to key challenges in the study of human disease. The award is richly deserved...