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Following the invasion, he began negotiating his surrender with General David Petraeus, then commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq. Petraeus guaranteed Hashem's safety and medical treatment, and wrote a letter extolling his "reputation as a man of honor and integrity ... known throughout this country." Most important, Petraeus pledged to Hashem his "word that you will be treated with the utmost dignity and respect, and that you will not be physically or mentally mistreated while under my custody." Petraeus personally accepted Hashem's surrender in September 2003 and made his aircraft available so the former Iraqi Defense Minister could...
...Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations tribute to Garcia for his humanitarian work. Garcia has worked on behalf of hurricane victims, at-risk youth, and cancer patients during his career. The foundation’s director, S. Allen Counter, said Garcia was a natural choice for the honor. “Andy Garcia is very much respected by Cuban-American students for his support for democracy and freedom in Cuba and merging those ideas with the arts,” Counter said. Garcia’s family fled Cuba when he was 5 years old, just two years after...
...Hamieh received expensive presents in return from his grateful clients. One gift was a brand-new Porsche which Hamieh, unaware of the car's status value, blithely destroyed in a matter of days by driving it over rugged dirt tracks to visit his poppy fields. He has the dubious honor of being the only Lebanese on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of international narcotics "kingpins." Although Hamieh says he retired years ago, he still occasionally receives foreign drug traffickers hoping to entice him back to his old ways. "The police are always watching me, but I can't help...
...next two weeks will force Kovacs to shift his focus back to team regattas, helping him hone his skills on the water a few more times before he takes one final stab at the top honor in all of individual collegiate sailing...
...should be an intimate place that fosters discussion and critical thinking rather than rote memorization, which is the default teaching method in much of the region. But more important is the school's effort to create an environment where learning takes place outside the classroom - through athletics, community service, honor codes and an expectation that students become leaders in everyday life. The school also plans to bring a new diversity to campus. The current class members come from countries across the Middle East, but although there are no Westerners now, the school hopes to eventually attract students from...