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...Fire Next Time Ein el Hilweh is the largest Palestinian camp in Lebanon, with 70,000 inhabitants. Built just outside the southern city of Sidon, it is surrounded by walls and watchtowers and looks like a postapocalyptic penal colony from a Mad Max movie - albeit one decorated with posters of Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden and Yasser Arafat. The main Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah have carved the camp up like gang turf, leaving a no-man's-land as a haven for dangerous jihadist groups...
Mideast Envoy. El Al, Israel's national airline, is cozying up to American travelers with guaranteed low summer airfares. If the airline lowers prices after you buy a ticket, you'll get a check for the difference. Fly from Newark International Airport to Israel for $1,099 or bump up to business class for $3,699. From L.A. to Jerusalem it's $1,399 or $4,199 in business. Tickets must be purchased by March 3 for travel from June 20 through August 19. Call 800-223-6700 for reservations...
...Amazon basin conceals the capital of an advanced civilization has a long history--it's one of those ideas that's just too romantic to die. As early as the 16th century, the conquistadores were pouring men into the emerald hell to find it. They called the city El Dorado, the Gilded One, because its king supposedly powdered himself with gold dust...
Does Eliot House have enough drama to sustain its very own gossip blog? One Harvard student, who chooses to remain anonymous, thinks so. Enter The EL Word, which is, according to its blogger, “your one and only source into the scandalous lives of the Eliot elite.” The EL Word first began posting “gossip” in mid-January and still has relatively few entries—most of which are observational: “A senior boys’ blocking group is conducting a facial hair competition,” EL...
...Pusar blows a beauty of a pass from Kenyi. Jump ball, possession Harvard. El Capitan makes up for it with a layup. HARVARD 51, COLUMBIA...