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...claims that his country?s special forces were operating inside Iraq or that Iran?s military was aiding the insurgency with ever more sophisticated weapons. He hinted at Iran?s growing ambitions as a regional power with references to its ability to affect the security of the Persian Gulf, echoing the sentiments of top military commanders in Iran. At the same time, he outlined a number of conditions for the unprecedented talks proposed with his American counterpart. ?We do not deny America has interests here [in Iraq] and we do not act as a barrier to those interests...
...local election last week in which Kuwait allowed women to vote for the first time, following passage of a government-sponsored suffrage bill last May. Female candidates lost in the municipal race, but women have announced they will run in parliamentary elections next year. Bahrain was he first Gulf Arab state to give women the vote...
...Datar recruited her fellow intersession volunteers to lead 65 students back to the Gulf this spring break...
...getting a taste of the pain.”As she carried a plate of glass with another volunteer, Datar stepped carefully by Smith, quiet. Datar said that in the days after, she broke into tears every few hours. CALL TO ACTIONSince Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Harvard students have participated in service trips to the area. These trips have offered insight into the intersection of poverty, class, and race. Nearly 70 students traveled to New Orleans over spring break with the support of the Phillips Brooks House Association alone.The week-long trips offered the students a fast-forward...
...growing so fast they have blocked the flow of the river. Fighting them would require approval from both sides, which is practically impossible to get. And so here, all that is left of the border is four metal stakes in the sand, tied with orange ribbons whipping in the Gulf breeze.The border patrol has had to make a little sand berm to keep the smugglers from just driving across. The Mexicans, in their dark-windowed Pontiacs, drive right up to the very stakes, and the border patrolmen in their Suburbans get out their binoculars, look across the beach and wait...