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As her family cheered from the stands, Hughes was overwhelmed with the commission of representing her country and the reality of competing before an audience of unprecedented size, she says.

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Skating a Thin Line: Emily A. Hughes '11, U.S. Figure Skating Olympian | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

With the score knotted and time winding down, the Crimson dumped the puck into its offensive zone. As Harvard moved into a pattern, St. Lawrence netminder Maxie Weisz was knocked down by a teammate, putting her in the goal and out of commission.

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Last-Minute Penalty Shot Caps Harvard Comeback, Crimson Keeps Pace in ECAC | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

While it's hard to imagine the Haitian élite ceding its inordinate wealth and power to the grass roots in that process, Bellerive insists the government, like international donors, wants decentralization. Despite the recent creation of a federal reconstruction commission, he says, "much of the rebuilding authority has to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti PM: We Can Rise Out of Our Postquake Squalor | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

The expected April re-election to the presidency of Sudan of an indicted war criminal, Omar al-Bashir, does not sit well with the world's pro-democracy campaigners. Sudan has not had a meaningful election since 1986 - elections in 2000 were boycotted by the vast majority of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan Votes May Spark Progress, Peace for Darfur | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Hope is becoming more common across Africa. Armed conflicts are on the decline, democracy is spreading, and economic growth is healthy. But rebirths can be fragile. And after a few years of optimism in West Africa, instability has suddenly returned. The past two years have seen coups in Guinea and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Coup in Niger Adds to West Africa's Instability | 2/19/2010 | See Source »

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