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...Somalia are among the world's most alluring. Somalia has lacked an effective central government for 14 years, and the U.S. believes that al-Qaeda--linked militants operate there. Combined Task Force 150, a multinational naval unit, patrols in the nearby Gulf of Aden and the waters around the Horn of Africa, searching for suspected terrorists who may be moving equipment or people by sea or planning a maritime attack. But with its attention focused on stopping terrorists, the U.S. Navy has been hesitant about pursuing pirates who roam the area. Commander Jeff Breslau, a U.S. Navy spokesman in Bahrain...
...terrors of urban living” seem to denigrate the relative trivialities of the country (chirping birds and glorious grass) and accentuate the important educational opportunity available from living in a city like Cambridge. After all, I’d rather wake up to the sound of a blaring horn and be exposed to the deepest problems of society—which are laid bare for all to see in Cambridge—than be serenaded by chickadees in a tranquil setting where the only people I run into are transplanted suburbanites who close their eyes to the problems...
...visitors with lesser-known "Treasures of the Titans." A more accurate description of the 140 items assembled by the National Jewelry Institute: knickknacks of the rich and famous. Who, after all, wouldn't want to see J.P. Morgan's Cartier cologne holder, right, or William Randolph Hearst's buffalo-horn drinking cup, above? Come March, the bric-a-brac exhibit will shift from the first half of the 20th century to the latter, featuring, among other items, Elvis' most utilitarian bling--his gold Dunhill lighter...
...Somalia, which boasts the longest coastline in Africa, is no easy place to monitor. Combined Task Force 150, a joint naval unit that includes forces from the U.S., Germany, France and sometimes Britain and Italy, already patrols the Gulf of Aden and the waters around the Horn of Africa, searching for suspected terrorists who may be moving equipment or people by sea or planning a maritime attack. The reduced number of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden is a "side effect of Operation Enduring Freedom," says Commander Dirk Gross at the German Defense Ministry in Berlin. Commander Jeff Breslau...
...then whenever you make mistakes later you kind of know that you should be doing better, because you know that you can.” The weekend proved to be somewhat anticlimactic for the rest of the sailing team, as a lack of wind forced the cancellation of the Horn Trophy, which was scheduled to be held on Harvard’s home waters. The weekend’s spotlight, therefore, was entirely on the freshmen. “We have a very strong freshman class,” team co-captain Sloan Devlin said. “In general...