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...Tuesday, police had restored calm to the streets of the Kabul. But as Afghans came out to survey the damage, many were asking where the foreign troops were when they needed them. NATO peacekeepers offered support to the Afghan army and police during the riots, but local authorities thought their presence might spark more violence. "There were no American soldiers on the street. They stood back and let the rioters loot. People say the Russians were better because they did more for the people," said Fahor, a 35-year-old shopkeeper in downtown Kabul. If the Americans can't even...
...spent a week in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa, trying to work out a deal between the two adversaries. Richardson told TIME that last week he had urged Kabila to reassure the world. "You need to issue a public statement about your intentions," the ambassador told him. "You need to calm fears. You need to say that you want democratic elections." But the rebel leader only laughed and said, "You have a lot of advice...
Bush's order didn't totally calm a jittery Capitol Hill. Two other corruption investigations by the Justice Department could implicate members of Congress: the Abramoff case and a probe of defense contractors' ties to several lawmakers. The FBI says it's just doing its job. "We go where the evidence takes us," says a senior official. "Why should a Congressman be off limits...
...attempt to calm the situation, the government is now pushing an idea to increase overall university seats next year to make up for those set aside for quotas. But even that seems to have backfired. "They may increase the number of seats," says Ankur Goyal, in his final year of medical school, "but what about professors, facilities, infrastructure? The result is that they are lowering the quality of our education. That's not the way India is going to keep its competitive edge...
...past experiences in planning social events include chairing the Pub Night Commission and working for the FYSC and Cabot House Committee. Goldenberg is a member of the Crimson Key Society, sings for the Din & Tonics, and is a Crimson editorial editor. At what Board members called a calm but energetic election in the Straus Common Room last Thursday, the CEB also elected coordinators for next fall’s two major campus-wide social events. Allison B. Kessler ’07 will coordinate September’s Welcome Back Event, and Rachel M. Berkey ’08 will...