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...dozens of articles about suicide bombings, tumbling U.S. troop morale and rising casualties while state TV lifts footage from CNN and dubs over its own gloating commentary. The specter of military intervention has haunted the generals since the 1988 uprising, when the U.S. parked an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. The toppling of Saddam Hussein raises genuine hopes among Burmese that their despots will be next. The U.S. embassy in Rangoon even received messages reading "Please invade us." But the saturation media coverage of Iraq has served a domestic purpose. "This is our government's way of telling...
...make it through the furious tropical storms common in the island's November-to-April rainy season. But SNGF director Guy Rakotondranony insists they will survive - they have to. The seedlings are "our hope for the future," he says, "our ecological insurance policy." Isolated for eons in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar has evolved such a unique range of flora and fauna that 18th century French explorer Philippe de Commerson described the island as "the naturalist's promised land." Nature, he wrote, "seems to have retreated there into a private sanctuary where she could work on different models from...
Stanford, Cornell, and the University of Michigan also specifically recruit American Indian students and foster American Indian studies programs on their campuses...
...Harvard, next year’s incoming freshman class will have, for the first time ever, more women than men. The admitted Class of 2008 set records for percentages of Asian American, African American, and Latino students. But the American Indian percentage of admitted applicants remains at a static level of under one percent. Banks hopes that “the new Financial Aid Initiative will provide even greater leverage in our recruitment efforts,” but until these new practices are made concrete, the number of American Indian applicants is unlikely to rise...
...American Indian students at Harvard have also found solace in their community with each other. NAHC, the Native American student group, not only fosters camaraderie, but it is also an activist force. NAHC and HUNAP have hosted an annual powwow for the last nine years. In the past two years, Scott and NAHC have taken an active role in organizing the event, a Pan-Indian ceremonial dance festival...