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...same place, over the last 10 years. An estimated 5 million people have died as a result of conflict in Congo's east, a place whose warring factions have stymied the world just as badly as have those in Darfur or Somalia. Fighting between the rebel forces, led by Gen. Laurent Nkunda, an ethnic Tutsi, and Congolese troops had raged for months. It became clear in June that a January peace deal between the government and the rebels was collapsing, but little was done. "I've been working on Congo now for 10 years and I sometimes feel...
...Butterfly), a zillionaire member of the Quantum board who uses environmental philanthropy to mask his sick dreams of diverting water from the peasants of South America. (Bolivia is the new Chinatown.) Greene passes along one of his plaything-victims, the seductive Camille (Olga Kurylenko), to the Bolivian strongman Gen. Medrano (Joaquín Cosio). Turns out Camille, like Bond, has a score to settle. This time, for both of them, it's personal...
...from happening, the Palestinian forces will be deployed in the southern and western sides of Hebron, away from direct contact with the settlers. But lately, Jewish extremists have been straying from their gated outposts and attacking Palestinian shepherds and families harvesting the olive groves. "We're not worried," says Gen. Diab Ali, commander of Palestinian security forces in the West Bank. "We are counting on the Israeli army to control the settlers." One senior Israeli officer concurs. "The Palestinians won't be close to the settlements. They'll be confronting Hamas, and this is in our best interests." The Palestinian...
...three classes approved were in the sciences—an area in which the committee has had trouble recruiting professors to teach new courses for a general audience. The environmental science course Science B-35: “How To Build a Habitable Planet” will count toward Gen Ed’s Science of the Physical Universe requirement. Life and Physical Sciences A: “Foundational Chemistry and Biology” was approved for the Science of Living Systems category. On the humanities side, folklore and mythology professor Maria Tatar’s popular Core class, Literature...
There will likely be a year’s lag between a seminar’s conclusion and the implementation of the designed course, he said. That year will help accommodate professors’ leave years, potential disapproval by the Gen Ed committee, or the actual creation of the course...