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...have fled afoot, leaving cities and towns before the anticipated U.S. attack, and Afghanistan is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis that could be more devastating than the air strikes to come. Already, more than 2 million refugees are in Pakistan, and a million more are poised to flood in. Some 500,000 may descend on Iran and the Central Asian republics...
...million Afghans, harboring more refugees than any other country in the world. And aid workers fear that, if the U.S. strikes, as many as 1 million more Afghans may attempt to cross the jagged 1,600-km border into Pakistan. An additional 500,000 refugees are likely to flood into Iran; a similar number could pour into the Central Asian republics. The certain result: a devastating humanitarian crisis. "We're afraid that most of Afghanistan could empty out into the neighboring countries," says a relief official in Islamabad...
...JOSEPH P. FLOOD...
After former Undergraduate Council treasurer Justin A. Barkley ‘02 proposed to his Tufts girlfriend at Sunday’s UC meeting, a flood of congratulations, hugs and tears followed for approximately...
...surprised to see people who are generally shy writing passionately about their beliefs,” he said. “We didn’t have it last year and people tended to be secluded in blocking groups.”Those who are unhappy with the flood of e-mails, which can vary in number from 10 to 40 per day, can unsubscribe from the lists...