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...that has gone 18 years without a government, which is an al-Qaeda sanctuary and destination of choice for hundreds of foreign jihadists, and where millions need food but where 40 aid workers have been killed since the start of 2008. Somali expert Ken Menkhaus, political science professor at Davidson College, calls it the "longest-running instance of complete state collapse in the post-colonial...
...bonding experience was merely a warm-up for the slew of games left to play. The team’s return back east was accompanied by a six-game unbeaten streak, ignited by a shutout win at New Hampshire and a 2-1 victory over previously-unbeaten Davidson...
...Colleges around the country are fielding more appeals for additional aid than usual. At North Carolina's Davidson College, the number of appeals had jumped sixfold by March - before the school had even sent students award letters detailing their financial-aid packages - compared with the same period last year. At Iowa's Grinnell College, appeals for more funds have jumped as much as 50% compared to last spring, and the aid office at the University of Texas at Austin estimates that half the phone calls it receives these days are requests for an aid bump. Earlier this month, the Department...
...largely determined by economic factors, aid officers also recommend giving the appeal a more personal touch by having the student, rather than the parent, make the first call. "You tend to see [financial-aid officers] doing more because you're trying to help the student," says Chris Gruber, Davidson's vice president for admission and financial aid. "It seems a little more genuine to us than perhaps somebody sitting at their desk and calling the five colleges that a student has been admitted to and trying to jockey for greater dollars...
...federal money has been pumped into local banks. Company buyouts financed by Abu Dhabi - the capital of the U.A.E. and the only emirate with petroleum wealth - are believed to be forthcoming, though no officials will discuss details. "Any bailout from Abu Dhabi will come very privately," says Christopher Davidson, author of Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success. "Abu Dhabi doesn't want the Dubai brand to suffer, even if Dubai has disgraced itself with its economic planning." (See how Dubai placed among the top 10 architectural postponements...