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...numbers and acuteness, with Darfur. The U.N. says 1.5 million people need assistance, of which a mere 60,000 are getting it. And Somalia is of significant strategic interest. Pirates based there regularly strike ships heading to and from the Suez Canal, and attacks have rocketed this year. The conflict in Somalia - which pits Ethiopian and T.F.G. troops against Somali rebels, backed by Eritrea - also has the potential to ignite a larger regional war that engulfs the Horn of Africa. Last week, Ban Ki-Moon expressed serious concern about the military buildup along the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, while State Department...
...ouch" for a PG comedy, grown-up Nick says, "You hate me," and grown-up Fred replies, "I don't hate you, Nick. I just wish you were never born." Later, Nick sends Fred a note: "I'm sorry I cut down your tree." Can this conflict get any more forthrightly phallic...
...economy and clean it of corruption, which had grown under successive civilian leaders. General Musharraf is a former commando and fought in Pakistan's wars with its bigger South Asian neighbor - and constant rival - India in 1965 and 1971. He was Chief of Army Staff during a smaller conflict between the two countries in 1999, a bloody tussle that some feared might go nuclear as both India and Pakistan had just carried out nuclear tests and had - and continue to have - the ability to launch nuclear strikes. After the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. in 2001, Musharraf aligned himself with...
...professor who feels academic debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been stifled will push the full Faculty next week to explicitly embrace free speech at Harvard. But others allege that the move is motivated by ideology rather than free expression...
Robert I. Rotberg, a panelist and the director of the Kennedy School’s Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, said that the event included “good speeches on contemporary issues” and was “filled with passion...