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...destroyed in Iraq." For leaders of terrorist groups, the fear of a regionwide Shi'ite ascendancy serves as a useful fund-raising tool as well as recruiting propaganda. Radical Sunni preachers and TV talk-show hosts across the Arab world are inflaming sentiments by accusing Iraq's "Persians" of ethnic cleansing. In January, an editorial in al-Ahram, a newspaper widely seen as the voice of the Egyptian state, declared, "Iran is working actively toward spreading the Shi'ite doctrine even in countries that do not have a Shi'ite minority." Iran, in turn, has accused Sunnis of issuing fatwas...
...hundreds--to say nothing of the escalation that would come if neighboring countries became involved, Iran backing the Shi'ite militias, Arab states sponsoring the Sunnis. Such a war could continue for years, with each sectarian community splitting into smaller factions led by rival warlords. In Baghdad, the ethnic cleansing would continue to its logical conclusion, with the city split into a Shi'ite east and a Sunni west...
...When the rail project was launched in 2001, the Tibetan government-in-exile called it "a disaster for the Tibetan people," and warned that it would attract huge numbers of ethnic Chinese to the province and upset fragile ecosystems. In a 2003 white paper Chinese officials denounced those concerns as the work of the "Dalai [Lama] clique and the international anti-China forces" who ignore "the progress in the ecological improvement and environmental protection work in Tibet." The paper argued that economic development was necessary to protect the province's environment. But officials in Dharamsala argue that average Tibetans...
Tonight’s panel will present the personal experiences of six students from different ethnic backgrounds who all identify with the queer community. On Thursday night, spoken word performer Kit Yan will read poetry addressing the topic “Asian and Queer Identity” at Café Gato Rojo...
...their risk” for heart problems. These results are consistent with other cohort studies done in all-male populations, but Rosner said it is possible that the results may vary if the type of coffee consumed or the method by which it is prepared differs between racial or ethnic populations. Swedes were the subjects of choice in the study because they are known to be heavy coffee consumers and rarely come into contact with decaffeinated coffee, according to Rosner. Barbara Ruhs, a dietician and nutritionist at Harvard University Health Services, pointed out that Scandinavian coffee is typically boiled, whereas...