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...Friday, Nov. 13, just as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ended, a group of nomadic Arabs looted the souk, threatening vendors at gunpoint. As on countless previous occasions, the townspeople complained to the police, who again declined to pursue the janjaweed . Their job was to police the town, not the surrounding area, they told the merchants. Besides, the police admitted, the thieves had better weapons...
Since Robert K. Lord ’08 was robbed at gunpoint last month in front of Pennypacker Hall, where an indecent incident also occurred just a month ago, the University has responded by increasing police presence in the area...
...Nations workers ANGELITO NAYAN, 34, of the Philippines, ANNETTE FLANIGAN, 43, of Northern Ireland, and SHQIPE HEBIBI, 36, of Kosovo; after being kidnapped by Habib Noorzad, a splinter faction of the Taliban; in Kabul. The three had helped organize Afghanistan's landmark Oct. 9 election and were abducted at gunpoint on Oct. 28. The captors said the government had agreed to release 24 Taliban prisoners in exchange for the hostages, a claim that was denied by Afghan Interior Minister Ahmed Ali Jalali...
...taken to what he believes was a part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, then moved from one jungle clearing to the next each night, and hidden away during the day in the thick forest. One morning, Teh was finally bundled onto a boat and dropped off at gunpoint on a passing fishing vessel that returned him to Malaysia. (Teh and his family insist that no ransom was paid...
Last week’s armed robbery in front of Pennypacker Hall, in which a freshman was robbed at gunpoint, is a disturbing reminder that crime is intrinsic to an urban college campus. More importantly, the incident offers two useful lessons worth reiterating to both students and campus security groups. To students, being a hero isn’t worth the risk. And to campus security groups, don’t forget about the Union dorms...