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Colombia's Marxist guerrillas probably rue the day they kidnapped state legislator Sigifredo Lopez and his colleagues. Disguised as police agents, the rebels stormed a government building in the southern city of Cali in 2002, announced a bomb threat and then herded a dozen lawmakers, including Lopez, aboard a bus and drove them into the mountains. But the operation ended up in one of the ghastliest blunders of Colombia's four-decade-long civil war. In June 2007, guerrilla guards mistakenly thought they were under attack by the army and, in a panic, executed 11 of the hostages. Lopez alone...
...Perhaps inadvertently, that statement said much about the reasons piracy remains such a problem off Somalia: The 20-odd warships from more than a dozen nations patrolling those waters have largely held off from attacking pirates or trying to free ships. The pirates, in fact, went unhindered the day they left the Faina, and there has apparently been no effort to capture them...
...Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences froze most of its faculty searches—about three dozen, according to Dean Richard P. Saller. Now left with only a dozen searches already “near completion,” the school will have to wait on fulfilling its plans to build faculty in departments such as East Asian Languages, Saller added...
...generated much anticipation for a greater presence of the arts in academic offerings.However, the Freshman Seminar Program—which is entering its 50th year—had already begun to broaden arts-oriented curricular opportunities for freshman. These seminars, which typically are capped at a dozen or so students, provide incoming undergraduates with the chance to engage with faculty while exploring a specific subject. The program strives to emphasize humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences equally. Over the past decade, the program has expanded quickly, growing from 33 courses in the 2000-2001 academic year to 132 this academic...
...connections, facilitating the transition from the classroom to the studio. Harvardwood arranges conferences and seminars while compiling alumni contact information in an online directory, accessible to all members. Harvardwood 101—a yearly trip to Los Angeles over that takes place over intersession—offers two dozen current students a glimpse at the industry they hope to enter. Last month, students on the trip met with a wide range of professionals—from agents and writers to Robert M. Kraft ’76, the chief executive of Fox Music. “We were bussed around...