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...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...
...environmentally disastrous parts of the Commonwealth. Clearly, my naive belief that the grass would be greener on the other side turned out to be entirely without merit. There is actually very little grass left in Cambridge. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of urban life, however, is crime. Through the joint efforts of bicycle gropers and the armed bandits who periodically rob Harvard undergraduates, an evening in Cambridge has become an adventure suitable only for the brave. The recurring patterns of criminal activity around campus have nearly numbed me to the frightening reality of these offenses. Upon recently reading of Harvard?...
...into a huge hole in the Finnish town of Olkiluoto to watch a laser light show as the climax to the ground breaking for the first nuclear plant to be built in Europe in 14 years. The winner of the €3 billion plant contract was Areva, in a joint subsidiary with Germany's Siemens. China currently has nine nuclear reactors in operation and says it will increase its nuclear capacity fivefold by 2020. The Chinese are expected to select a Western contractor for two new plants this year. The race is between Areva, Westinghouse and Russia's AtomStroyExport. Areva...
...read and see more about our conference, including a webcast of my joint interview with Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, please visit TIME.com...
...preferences. Maramaldi said the new site is “user-friendly and straightforward,” and that it aims to provide a broad range of results for each search. Some of the first students to use the database gave positive reviews to the OIP site. A joint anthropology and Slavic languages and literature concentrator in Winthrop House, Alexandra M. Fallows ‘08, said she “was surprised to find out how many opportunities there were, especially since [she] was searching Russia.” Last academic year, 451 Harvard College students studied abroad?...