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...dead and led many to ask if such a situation was tenable. (Muslims make up roughly half of the Nigeria's population; Christians of various denominations account for about 40%.) This latest episode, sparked by protests over local election results, only makes it seem less so. A curfew remained still in place as businesses were trying to recover. Soldiers and police kept vigilant watch on vehicles entering town, hoping to curb any potential reprisals. In every household, church and mosque, people blamed followers of the other religion with planning and executing the attacks with a vitriol that does not bode...
Siddhant Singh ’11-’12 saw the roof of the Taj Mahal Hotel burst into flames from his YMCA hostel in Mumbai, just 100 yards away from the sites of the terrorist attacks last Wednesday. He spent the next two days under curfew, and did not leave his hostel. There, he ate two meals in two days because supplies were cut off and no food sellers were willing to come to the area. “We’ve been holed up in this building for a couple of days...
...there was no service. She said she called her parents every half hour to make sure that they and everyone around them were fine.The attacks lasted 60 hours, and, for the first two days, Mashruwala said, everyone was to stay inside. She said that even after the curfew was lifted and people were allowed to leave their homes, residents remained cautious—a contrast to previously indifferent attitudes to smaller-scale bombings. “Bombay is a city where whatever happens, you get back on your feet, ready to go,” she said, using the British...
...burial but even though their bodies were weighted down the tides brought them back. For over a month there were mass funeral pyres around the city. There will be no burning on the island this time. Fires are forbidden. There is a dusk-to-dawn curfew and residents are warned to get shots for tetanus and hepatitis before returning. Downtown, with its brick and ironwork Victorian-era buildings - once dubbed the "Wall Street of the Southwest" - is a ghost town. The only sound is the low howl of dehumidifiers sucking moisture out of bank buildings and churches...
...wasn't your typical road trip. We left Baghdad at 5 a.m. Destination: Basra, Iraq's second largest city and only major port, 340 miles (550 km) to the southeast. The nighttime curfew had just ended when we--eight bodyguards, two interpreters, four journalists and four drivers--piled into our cars as the sun was coming...