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...Lebanon. Short personal anecdotes from his time in Lebanon add both color and authority to the book. Norton’s portrait of Hezbollah is a complex one that moves beyond its status on the American list of foreign terrorist organizations. He brings to light many of the group??s other activities, including providing critical services in a region that is often impoverished and ravaged by violence. “Hezbollah offers an array of social services to its constituents that include construction companies, schools, hospitals, dispensaries, and micro-finance initiatives,” he writes...
...group seeks “to raise awareness among consumers, businesses, and government agencies of the importance of buying locally,” according to the group??s Web site...
...quarter of the polled youth prioritized stabilizing Iraq, 17 percent cited genocide in Darfur, and 4 percent said they were most concerned with the “war on terrorism.” Marina Fisher ’09—the student co-chair of the IOP survey group??said that the strong youth concern for Darfur underscores the disparity between the interests of youth and government action. “The amount of attention the government is giving it is relatively small [compared] to how significant it is with young people,” she said...
Replacing the flags that went missing from the Woodbridge Society’s annual Fiesta Mondiale event last Friday will only cost $100, contrary to the student group??s initial belief, according to the Office of the University Marshal. The organization of international students held its Fiesta in the Adams House dining hall and discovered at the end of the evening that two of five large flags loaned from the Marshal’s office and used to decorate the walls were nowhere to be found. Members of the group had worried at first that it would take...
...care about the punishment or who took them or for what reason. We would just like them back.” Better known as Fiesta, the event is a celebration of international culture, with traditional clothing, food, and music from around the world. It is the group??s main event of the year, as well as its principal means of fundraising. The incident has left Woodbridge leaders concerned about the cost of replacing University property and using up the funds they raised from the event. “It’s not just the flags that have...