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...often divided by region and politics and soccer-club loyalty, have come together since the 6.3-magnitude quake shook the central Abruzzo region early Monday morning, leaving 287 dead and some 20,000 homeless. Volunteers and donations have flooded in; so too have prayers from the Pope and countless local priests. Partisan bickering back in Rome has all but ceased. Even the newspapers that scream their Page One headlines with every Silvio Berlusconi faux pas chose to ignore a gaffe the Prime Minister made in the midst of the tragedy, when he told German TV that those forced from their...
...embroiled in a series of scandals involving both corruption and ineptitude. As a government, it has failed to stem raging violent crime and the world's largest HIV/AIDS epidemic. It has presided over an economic boom that has made millionaires of a well-connected élite but left countless lives unchanged. As a party, it is accused of politicizing the police and the bureaucracy and showing contempt for the constitutional democracy for which it fought so long. (See pictures of South Africa in the run-up to the election...
Human-rights activists from the region insist that the girl in the video and the countless other victims in Swat are too helpless to speak out. "Who can stop the Taliban when they claim to be working in the name of Islam?" asked Yasmine Khan, program coordinator for the Female Human Rights Organization (FEHRO) for Swat, who recently fled to Islamabad after allegedly receiving death threats by Taliban militants. "Things are out of hand, and the government cannot control things." (See pictures of the front line in the war against the Taliban...
...March, more than 120,000 expatriate Tamils demonstrated in Toronto, condemning the genocidal war and asking for international support. Countless other demonstrations carried out in London, Geneva, Paris, Washington, and all over the world have made calls for the international community to help stop the violence and recognize the LTTE as the voice of the Tamil people...
Tired of Draconian hours at most House libraries, and even at Lamont? Adams is here to open its welcoming arms, saving countless undergrads driven out by Lamont’s shrill 9:45 PM bell. On a Friday or Saturday night, they can simply walk to Adams. Although Adams is not the best place to study during a dining hall party, in most cases it provides an ideal haven for refugees from other Houses. So, thank you, Adams...