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...went on to oust the freely elected president of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah because he was dissatisfied with Kabbah’s inability to secure peace in a country that had seen constant fighting for the past seven years. Determined to tear down the existing governmental regime with maximum speed and strength, Koroma reinstated Foday Sankoh to a leadership position in RUF after he had been in exile in nearby Nigeria for starting the civil...
...space crunch has been puzzling. Sanders Theatre, the ideal place to accommodate the 599 students of Af-Am 10, is currently being used by Literature and Arts C-42: “Constructing the Samurai,” which has only 408 students—well within the maximum capacity of Lowell Lecture Hall. The registrar’s office has argued that it cannot make the obvious room swap between the two courses because Sanders is the only room with the audio-visual equipment “Samurai” requires...
Nevertheless, West’s defiance of the fire code is silly and dangerous. While we sympathize with West’s frustration at the bureaucratic incompetence of the University, risking students’ lives by crowding them in a room where they exceed the maximum capacity by 150 people is not worth the statement he makes to the administration. West’s bravado, demonstrated by his offhand remark that he has broken the law before, is not necessary or useful to solving this logistical problem...
...terrorist attack in U.S. history, but it will build support for a U.S.-led operation to destroy the al-Qaeda network. A strong case will be especially crucial in securing the vital assistance of Muslim nations in combating the terrorist threat, and we hope that the government releases the maximum volume of evidence consistent with protecting its intelligence assets...
...current hosts, the radical Islamic Taliban regime in Afghanistan, are to be believed, that's about the maximum bin Laden can personally do now. Under heavy international pressure to give their guest up, the Taliban claims to have denied him phone and fax capabilities. (He had already quit using his satellite phone because its signal can be traced.) Bin Laden has been forced to rely on human messengers. He leads a spartan life; he no longer has a comfortable camp. U.S. officials believe he lives on the move, in a sturdy Japanese pickup truck, changing sleeping locations nightly to avoid...