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...More recently, Daniel Schneider, Fritz Gelowicz and a third man are alleged to have formed the core of a cell known as the Sauerland Group linked to the Islamic Jihad Union, an Uzbek terror organization with ties to al-Qaeda. The group is believed to have been focusing on striking at U.S. targets as well. German police say that they observed the men purchasing and storing highly concentrated peroxide, which Germany's federal prosecutor believes was for making car bombs. The police further allege that the men scoped out U.S. military facilities or clubs where they believed frequented by Americans...
...some involved in the latest curricular review, replacing the impersonal lecture halls of the Core with a more intimate learning environment was a high priority...
...Swiss government is now peddling heroin to its hard-core addicts. Since 1994, the Swiss government has used a heroin prescription program that enables doctors to provide heroin junkies with a strictly controlled dosage of heroin everyday. Shockingly enough, this program has succeeded in controlling the nation’s drug problem beyond the government’s wildest dreams. The Swiss pilot program—recently made permanent by a nationwide referendum on the issue—has saved the nation money, decreased crime rates, and halted the spread of infectious disease...
...million per year spent on health insurance in Switzerland , is offered in twenty-three centers across the nation, where nearly 1,300 addicts receive carefully measured doses of heroin daily. Of course, not just any addict can go to a center and obtain heroin. Only hard-core junkies—that is, addicts who have been using for years and have previously tried and failed to quit—are allowed to participate in the program. All qualms about making this narcotic available to the masses are invalid as the addicts who receive the heroin doses are not only specially...
...trip to Morocco and her adventure skydiving in Switzerland, however, Campbell was getting credit towards her sociology concentration and for electives. “On the academic front, that stuff is all stuff you can work out,” she says. Like Peisker, Campbell received credit for one core requirement per semester abroad. Campbell spent her first semester abroad taking courses in Milan, Italy. Her class on Leonardo da Vinci, “The Last Supper,” was conveniently located just around the corner. Another course was about television and media communication. With the huge American influence...