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...draped in the blue-and-white Somali flag. But until now, the full story of this journey has not been told. Just about every night, one or more boats like Abdi Salan's try to navigate the 275-km-wide stretch of sea between Libya and Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa, which has become the preferred crossing point for thousands of Africans trying to reach Europe. Italy's 7,600-km-long coastline is the European Union's most porous border. It's also the most perilous to reach. Over the past decade, thousands of would-be immigrants...
...says an E.U. official. "But we don't have much to give them in exchange." The slim number of immigrants European countries are willing to admit they need still doesn't approach the number of those willing to risk life and limb to get to Europe. On the Italian island of Lampedusa, where hundreds of desperate immigrants have washed ashore in recent years, finance police commander Romeo Cavallin knows there's no easy fix. "As long as there's misery on the other shoreline," he says, "they'll keep coming...
...regular life in Jamaica, but though Niehaus went there at the end of sophomore year to get away from the grind of academic life, he didn’t let his mind rot from lack of use. While living on one of the largest farms on the island, Niehaus kept the books and advised the owners on investment decisions, weighing in on issues such as whether or not to stay in cattle or eggs. And though he was living the high life, Niehaus never forgot the main reason he was in Jamaica: to see first-hand economic conditions he hopes...
...been to a lot of funerals in South Africa,” she explains, “and I was using earth colors that reminded me of the red dirt of home.” She then expanded into painting historic sites like Robin Island, where Nelson Mandela was exiled. These paintings, she says, “represented a past regime that my father lived through, something that is a part of my history but that I didn’t live through...
...enjoy. However, although the Beijing-based PRC government has never actually ruled Taiwan, it falsely claims it as a “renegade province” of the “sacred motherland,” and intends to eventually “liberate” the island at any cost. Wen and his officials consistently tout the threat of war and suppress Taiwan’s international activities. The PRC’s tactics of intimidation and intentional manufacturing of fear are not only unwarranted, but could themselves constitute formal aggression of the regime against a democratic and sovereign...