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...means that the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) will pay Save the Children the marginal cost of every meal not served. The Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) also organized close-out dinners at Mather House and Currier House to celebrate the end of the fast. As around a 150 students broke their fast at the sound of the evening prayer call, the Islamic Society introduced its two guest speakers for the evening. The first, Mujib Khan—a graduate student in Eastern Regional Studies—talked about the purpose of the initiative, part of the society?...

Author: By prathama K. Nabi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fast-A-Thon Raises Money for Hungry Children | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...home before and after the Cowperthwaite construction. However, he says the team sent to assess post-construction damage ignored his tenants’ requests to photograph a crack that had appeared in one of his walls during construction. While Harvard did pay to repair a window and pipe that broke as the house settled, he says, they made no such offer for the crack.Annis says he received a letter on February 26 from Lucey asking that Annis’s lawyer meet with a lawyer for Harvard. MAKING IT PUBLICAnnis says he may still consider negotiating with the University?...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Resident Alleges That Harvard Damaged Home | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...portraying its religious values as an antidote to rising crime and drug use. Back in 2004, 30% of Kepala Batas voters actually chose the PAS parliamentary candidate over Abdullah. (In a complicated twist of family history, Abdullah's father served as a PAS youth leader, before the party fully broke with UMNO.) This election season, PAS's green-and-white flags flutter throughout Kepala Batas. "Abdullah may come from a good Muslim family, but he does not make his wife wear a veil," says Fadzil Darus, a grocery-store owner in the Kepala Batas village of Pasir Gebu, who plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lowered Expectations | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...laconic, mostly toothless man named Purwanto, says he was a farmer before the mud smothered his rice fields. He now makes extra cash taking tourists to the wreckage of his house, located in the shadow of the levees. Purwanto's village flooded last year when the dikes broke, and, although it hasn't been fully inundated yet, most of the people have demolished their homes for scrap and moved on. At present, the village looks like it has been carpet-bombed, with piles of rubble rising out of the greasy water. Purwanto points out an especially large mound: the remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wound in The Earth | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...with families picnicking or resting beneath the shade of a banyan tree. But tempers rose with the broiling midday heat. A squad of policemen armed with machine guns arrived and took up a position opposite the protesters. "Please respect our suffering," a man shouted through a loudspeaker. A scuffle broke out between police and protesters, and the policemen surged forward, kicking and pushing the scattering demonstrators. One of the protest's leaders explained that the police had previously exercised restraint when dealing with them. "We carry out our protests in a peaceful manner," he said. "We never have anarchy." Then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Wound in The Earth | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

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