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...resource wars. Already, the fighting in western Sudan has spilled into Chad and the Central African Republic. At the Guereda refugee camp in Chad, near the Sudanese border, staff members from the International Medical Corps increasingly find themselves mediating conflicts between refugees and local farmers, who complain that the influx of refugees has ruined their land. The refugee camps house concentrated populations that are too big for the land to support, and water and firewood are all but exhausted. "Resources are simply insufficient to meet the overwhelming needs," warns Serge Malé, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees representative in Chad...
...fair barometer of use—propped-open doors, delays in granting access to new members, and other inconsistencies all counteract swipe frequency’s potential usefulness. There will likely come a time when SOCH is an active student hub. This Sunday’s influx of prefrosh to SOCH’s activities fair indicates that students who never knew Yard basement offices might look more kindly upon the walk down Garden Street. Once that time comes and demand for office space is high, then perhaps it will make sense for the administration to punish the groups that...
Wagamama’s opening comes on the heels of an influx of other large chain eateries. An International House of Pancakes outlet opened in November and the Mexican restaurant Qdoba opened last month...
...executive board, said on Wednesday that Patrick’s push for a policy reversal indicates an important “change in climate” in the state’s view toward stem cell research. But he said the change will not lead to a huge influx of new embryonic stem cell lines. “This policy may be more relevant in the future when we are studying specific diseases that require the formation of a stem cell line from parents that have the same disease,” Zon said in an interview. The governor...
Development experts also worry that the stream of international money supporting microfinance is crowding out locally owned banks that might serve the poor. Citigroup, ABN Amro and HSBC, for example, have pumped a combined $200 million into microfinance groups that offer saving accounts, insurance and mutual funds. This influx of capital is "preventing the creation of a sustainable, savings-based financial system in poor countries," says Littlefield. Microlenders counter that the costs of starting a bank are so high that without them, the poor would have no alternative. "To build a bank in Africa, you need $5 million to start...