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...processions mourning the death of the prophet Mohammad's grandson in battle - the very event that eventually led to the central schism of Islam. In 2005 a bomb in a Shi'ite shrine in southwestern Pakistan killed 50. Already sectarian violence has taken hundreds of lives in the northern district of Khurram. Leaders are pleading for peace, and security agencies are boosting security at holy sites across the country...
...This is a major contribution," says Dr. Peter Cohen, a Georgetown University law professor and physician who heads up the District of Columbia Medical Society's physician health committee, which works to rehabilitate drug-addicted doctors. "Addiction is a medical problem that needs to be treated as a medical problem...
...that's nothing compared with the overtures Seoul has been playing for its Northern cousins. The centerpiece of commercial ties between the two countries remains the Kaesong industrial zone. Opened in 2003, the district is now home to 65 South Korean-run factories employing 20,000 North Koreans. Lee Im Dong, general manager of the Kaesong Industrial Council, says hundreds of other companies plan to set up plants there when a second phase opens in early 2010. A rush is anticipated in part because, at the October summit between Roh and Kim, the North agreed to key improvements...
Repeated calls to Pak’s home in Miller Place, N.Y. went unanswered, and spokesmen for the University, HUPD, and the Middlesex District Attorney declined to comment because of the ongoing investigation...
...stopped and questioned” by University police on Nov. 19 concerning the counterfeit Harvard IDs, according to an incident report filed by the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). The Middlesex district attorney’s office is investigating the matter with the help of HUPD...