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Human rights activists hope that a targeted divestment campaign could cut off Khartoum’s sources of foreign capital and force the Sudanese government to enter peace negotiations...
...weeks in nearby villages. Now the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines along with the Army's Brigade Combat Team 2 and a company from the 2nd Tank Battalion--a combined force exceeding 1,000 troops--were about to launch the biggest move on Fallujah in months. The 3/5 would not enter the city but intended to go right up to the southeastern outskirts. The Army would move to the southwestern edge and the tankers to the northern limits, while F/A-18s continued to pound suspected insurgent hideouts. Yet this was not the big showdown everyone had expected but rather an attempt...
...Ning, recently surrendered its top position to Nike, even though Nike's shoes--upwards of $100 a pair--cost twice as much. The new middle class "seeks Western culture," says Zhang Wanli, a social scientist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "Nike was smart because it didn't enter China selling usefulness, but selling status...
Verdery also cited US VISIT, a program that gathers biometric information about all non-citizens as they enter the country, as a success story. So far, 10 million visitors have passed through the system...
...opportunity for hard work starts this weekend, when the possible replacements get their first competition on the Charles River. The Harvard varsity heavyweights enter three boats in this weekend’s events—two fours in the championship four event and one boat in the championship eight event. Last year’s first freshman boat—a Henley favorite whose run ended in the quarterfinals because of severe breakage in the boat—will row in the eight, and the current varsity eight will split into two fours for the weekend...