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...government had fully expected such a clash. More than 10,000 black-clad riot police had sealed off entire areas of the city in an attempt to prevent demonstrators from expressing their support for two pro-reform judges who were scheduled to appear in front of a disciplinary hearing that morning. The judges, Mahmoud Mekky and Hesham El Bastawissi, face possible expulsion from the bench after calling for the independence of Egypt's judiciary and protesting ballot fraud during last year's parliamentary elections. Their case is fast becoming a cause celebre in Egypt, where President Hosni Mubarak...
...ended, so any nostalgia—intentional or otherwise—was most likely manufactured by VH1. That aside, the video isn’t original enough, or even racy enough, to be memorable. The only thing that distinguishes it from any other videos featuring rappers and scantily clad women is that they seem topical here. But that doesn’t make it any more entertaining to watch. —Elisabeth J. Bloomberg
Champagne, strawberries, and formal wear at dawn might not seem like the most standard way to start a day, but tradition trumps practicality for Lowell House residents every year on the first of May. Early yesterday morning, a few dozen tuxedo- and gown-clad Lowell students congregated for the house’s annual May Day Waltz. For over 30 years, according to participants, Lowellians have gathered at 6 a.m. on Weeks Footbridge to watch local residents mark the festivities along the banks of the Charles River. House Committee Chairs Julia M. Chandler ’07 and Jonathan...
...released on the Internet. The video's release coincided with the naming of Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq's new Prime Minister, who the U.S. hopes can finally form a unity government that will begin to erode the strength of the insurgency. In the video, a bearded and black-clad al-Zarqawi fires a machine gun to show off his prowess as a fighter, then aims some verbal broadsides at the enemy. He accuses the U.S. of waging a crusade against Islam, adding, "By God, your dreams will be defeated by our blood and by our bodies...
From Cleveland, Ohio, ROBERT P. CIOFANI ’09 is an English concentrator and a Canaday intramural captain, but soon he’ll be competing for Winthrop. His summer plans involve a “stuffy law office,” where he will be clad in a suit and tie every...