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...camps had concentrated populations beyond what the meager land could support. At one camp, staff were increasingly finding themselves mediating conflicts between refugees and local farmers, who complained the influx from Darfur had ruined their land. At another camp, Haroon Ibra Diar described how, when his people fled to Chad, the janjaweed were already employing their own macabre energy-saving measures. "They beheaded people and used their heads for firewood," he said. I asked him what the future held. "We are farmers," he replied. "But how can we farm here? There's not even enough water to drink...
...another camp, Touloum, home to 22,400, women's welfare officer Mariam Bakhet Ahmed tells me that this year, local villagers have raped 50 refugee women who ventured out for firewood. Touloum camp chief Haroon Ibra Diar describes how, when his people fled to Chad from the village of Abugamra, Sudan, in April 2004, the Janjaweed were employing macabre energy-saving measures. "They beheaded people and used their heads for firewood," he says. When I ask him what the future holds, he says, "We are farmers. But how can we farm here? There's not even enough water to drink...
...newest spin on lingerie is attractive in part because it de-sexes the breast. Bra fitting is not sexy, it is scientific. A cold eye, colder measuring tape - one expects calipers. And the bras themselves are only slightly less rigorous. Their names these days recall computers or cars: The iBra, the Tornado, the Tamarine. A good bra, especially for the D cups among us, is more akin to a suspension bridge than gossamer. The molded cups of a Tisha "Dream" bra in size 32DD Tisha "Dream" could serve as attractive fruit bowls, or not-very-protective helmets...
Middle East. 472 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 492-9181. Laughing Academy, Opium Den, Lovers and Other Monsters and Atlas Shrugged on Thursday, Nov. 12 upstairs. Trojan Ponies, Grind and Pinnochio 2000 on Friday, Nov. 13 upstairs. Ween, Mente and High Stepping Seafood on Saturday, Nov. 14 downstairs. Ibra Hima's World Beat on Friday, Nov. 13 downstairs...
From Columbia, S. C., Governor Ibra Charles Blackwood dispatched two constables "to see what can be done about the nudist situation" on Cat Island, off Georgetown...