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Many of Africa's conflicts can be explained as tinderboxes that had long been waiting for a spark. In northern Kenya, Turkana tribes and armed gangs murder and rob each other in a cycle of violence fuelled by eight years of drought. In Rwanda, there is an increasing consensus that Africa's other recent genocide is at least partly understood as a contest between too many people on too little cultivable land. The U.N. Development Program predicted as long ago as November 1999 that one in two Africans would face water shortages by 2025, and said it expected violent flashpoints...
...burned at least 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) of land in Southern California before gentler winds allowed firefighters to gain control of the blazes. A total of 800 homes were destroyed in the counties surrounding Los Angeles, and thousands of residents were forced to evacuate. This year the drought-plagued region has faced an almost relentless fire season, with 9,603 fires so far, up from 5,961 in 2007. Just over a year ago, the state endured a rash of immense wildfires that destroyed 2,000 homes and displaced 640,000 people...
...bounds at the Penn 23. Penn’s punter Scooter Belasco couldn’t claim the same success. On a bad snap, Belasco tried to run it, and his inability to get the first down gave the Crimson the ball at the Penn 30. BREAKING THE DROUGHT Going into Saturday’s contest, Harvard was an abysmal 1-12 in its last 13 visits to Penn’s Franklin Field, dating back to 1982. “I’ve been here for 15 years, so I guess I prefer to see the glass...
...unfortunately he was there at every turn,” Donato said. Both Hoyle and St. Lawrence netminder Alex Petizian held their opponents scoreless in the first frame, recording nine and 13 saves, respectively. It wasn’t until the second period that the Crimson broke the scoring drought, when sophomore Matt McCollem slammed in the game-winning goal during a power play halfway through the frame. After senior Steve Rolecek and sophomore Alex Killorn fired back-to-back shots, McCollem cleaned up the rebound from the post, notching his second goal in as many games...
...made battling the Somali pirates a major priority of its forces in the region. (France maintains a permanent military base in nearby Djibouti.) The French and NATO vessels will patrol the waters off Somalia under a U.N. mandate to escort commercial ships and those carrying humanitarian supplies to drought-stricken areas, and to scour the area for pirates before they strike. Last April, French forces had stormed the luxury cruiser Le Ponant to rescue 30 vacationers and crew members taken hostage by Somali pirates. Six of those pirates, plus six others captured after another French hostage intervention, now await trial...