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...past eight months a series of curious incidents have shaken the newly named Kingdom of Mekamui, and at their heart is the conman Musingku, thought to be the power behind the jungle throne. Bougainville-born, he fled P.N.G. in 2002 after the collapse of u-vistract, a pyramid scheme that swallowed millions of kina of P.N.G. residents' savings. Musingku surfaced later that year in Solomon Islands, involved in a scheme to bail the islands out of bankruptcy, but when his role became public he fled again - this time into Ona's no-go zone...
...process. He agrees the foreigners' presence is destabilizing - "Because they come across as serious businessmen, people do believe. It's a cargo cult thing" - but sees some prospect of an end to the no-go zone in Ona's apparent ceding of control to Musingku. "I think Ona's kingdom is shriveling up," he says. "The crowning was a bad move." P.N.G.'s Minister for Inter-Government Relations, Sir Peter Barter, described the coronation as a "mockery of Bougainvillean traditions and customs...
...Rhodes Scholarship allows each recipient to study for two years for free at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Xu, who is also a Crimson editor, is among eight Harvard students or alums who have won the scholarship this year...
Caligula takes place in the world of ancient Rome. After the death of his beloved sister Drusilla, Caligula (Jess R. Burkle ’06), the King of Rome, is cast into total and complete despair. After wandering about his kingdom for three days, he finally returns as a different man, with the realization that human life has no true meaning. This inspires Caligula to go on an indiscriminate killing spree, much to chagrin of his senators, who for the most part are too weak to say anything to him. After killing all those most dear to him, including...
...Rowan's early days in Shanghai as a recruit for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, helping its Nationalist-run counterpart shepherd U.S. aid shipments through China's countryside amid the chaos that followed World War II. The 26-year-old finds himself in what he calls "the kingdom of squeeze," where truckloads of rations, clothing and military supplies often fall prey to Nationalist strongmen who are as intent on lining their own pockets as on preventing the country from slipping into Communist control. Stationed in Shanghai and then Kaifeng, Rowan develops both a sympathy for the peasants caught...