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...battle against the Taliban intensified recently when NATO and Afghan forces launched the largest offensive since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan more than eight years ago. Fifteen thousand NATO and Afghan troops laid siege to the Taliban stronghold of Marjah. The center of Helmand province's opium-poppy trade, a major source of Taliban funds, Marjah had long been a no-go area for NATO troops. At the same time, in the Pakistani port of Karachi, a raid on a seminary by CIA and Pakistani intelligence agents netted Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's military commander...
Similarly, the Family Nurturing Center of Boston will use its $17,000 grant to fund a 15-week bilingual parenting program, which will “help parents get in touch with their parenting philosophy,” according to the center’s executive director Matt LiPuma...
...Allston Brighton Youth Hockey, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Family Nurturing Center, Friends of the Honan-Allston Library, Gardner Pilot Academy, West End House Boys Camp, and West End House Girls Camp also received grants...
...immediate response to the disaster, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies’ regional office in Santiago, Chile ensured that Harvard Study Abroad students were all safe and sound, according to Todd Washburn, Harvard’s assistant provost for international affairs...
Donated by Glenn Dubin, co-founder and CEO of New York-based Highbridge Capital Management, the funds will help launch the Dubin Graduate Fellowships for Emerging Leaders at the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. The fellowship will go into effect in the coming academic year...