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...storming of N'Djamena marked the climax in a rapid and effective offensive by the rebels, who crossed into Chad from Sudan in a column of about 300 vehicles Thursday, and began their 200-mile push toward the capital. Eyewitness accounts from French nationals interviewed by French radio supported rebel claims that they were mopping up the last pockets of resistance by government forces in the city, despite government sources insisting they remain in control. Mahamat Ali Abdallah Nassour - a Chadian general who also carries several ministerial titles - insisted to Radio France International that "the Chadian defense and security forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebels Fight for Chad's Capital | 2/2/2008 | See Source »

...convoy of the United States Army’s 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed near Nasiriyah, Iraq by Saddam Hussein’s forces. In the course of the ambush, the Iraqi forces employed rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, and even tanks to attack a small column of supply trucks that had taken a wrong turn into enemy territory. The ambush cost the United States eleven of its finest and also resulted in the capture of seven brave American soldiers, including the now-famous Jessica Lynch...

Author: By Eugene Kim | Title: Fighting With Sticks and Stones | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

...particularly among highly sexually active individuals. Last spring, following the buzz over studies of tenofovir and emtricitabine, the same drug combo used in the recent Texas mice study, in preventing transmission of SIV (the primate-specific cousin of HIV) in macaque monkeys, Bowers was compelled to respond in his column in HIV Plus magazine, warning that "society once again is moving ahead of science. ... This is definitely not the time to be leaving condoms behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Self-Medicating With AIDS Drugs | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

...starved families something to do on Saturday nights instead of just sitting around trying to recreate their favorite past episodes of America’s Most Wanted.Or we could just get a digital converter box.Alexandra A. Petri ’10 is an English concentrator in Eliot House. Her column appears regularly...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Don’t Block the Box | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

...taught never to settle for being below the fold, and that true greatness requires a well-timed announcement. Spare the press release, however, and you’ll spoil the whole damned week.Adam Goldenberg ’08 is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. His column appears regularly...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Spectacular, Spectacular! | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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