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...Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta have offered would-be immigrants a one-way ticket to mainland Spain; people who got through were typically released in Spain after 40 days, since no repatriation agreements exist with their native countries. While Melilla and Ceuta have attracted African migrants since the mid-1990s, the Spanish Civil Guard estimates that 13,000 people have tried to breach the border this year in Melilla alone, spurred by famine. Last Wednesday, at least 65 men and boys out of more than 500 made it to Melilla. When others tried again in greater numbers on Thursday...
...mid-morning, an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck just west of Kashmir's Line of Control, along which hundreds of thousands of Indian and Pakistani troops face off in bunkers and artillery installations and over which they have fought two wars and countless skirmishes and nearly came to a nuclear confrontation in 2002. The result: At least 18,000 dead, the majority of them on the Pakistani side of the disputed territory...
...Howard is not all abstract words. He balances his sterile language by staging sensual, mid-life forays with thinner women, whose simple lives Smith seems to despise...
...with “a sense of fair optimism” that History department chair Andrew Gordon sent a letter proposing seven new faculty searches to University Hall in the spring, expecting an answer by mid-summer in order to advertise new posts and form committees to evaluate candidates...
...freshmen, Travia printed messages on napkins and cups in hopes of prompting responsible drinking discussions over cookies and cola. He plans on distributing thought-provoking Nalgene bottles to sports teams, and both athletes and non-athletes alike will receive informative, neon-colored pens, available at the health fair in mid-October. “Most Harvard students (93%) don’t let alcohol interfere with academics,” reads one pen, sourcing the info to a National College Health Association survey from...