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...Ostensibly the Abu Sayyaf are Islamic freedom fighters, but in reality they're hardy jungle extortionists. Just after midnight on June 2, 2001, a squad came out of the jungle seeking medical treatment for injured fighters. They stormed the Torres hospital and holed up inside. The police and army mounted a day-long siege, exchanging fire with Abu Sayyaf fighters stationed behind hospital windows and in the bell tower of neighboring St. Peter's Church, where Father Cirilo Nacorda, who himself had been an Abu Sayyaf hostage for two months in 1994 (and who now keeps two guns...
...like arcades (not that there's likely to be many of them - the market is already saturated and two have closed in recent months). As for the ones already standing, the city will soon require security cameras and guards, one employee for every ten computers, a closing time of midnight and an 8 p.m. weekday curfew on minors...
...Internation Olympic Committee (IOC) initially agreed only to allow the World Trade Center flag to be raised at the opening ceremony, afraid that the proposal to carry the flag in the parade of nations might violate IOC rules against political commentary. A compromise was reached just before midnight Tuesday...
Fashion is a fickle thing but it seems mass nudity will never go out of style. Twice a year at the stroke of midnight, Harvardians abandon their clothes to participate in Primal Scream. A bunch of Harvard students—who at any other moment would have been clad to the teeth and too cold to give you the time of day—run, jog and saunter around the Yard in their birthdays’ finest...
...eater will head to one of Harvard Square’s many restaurants. Particularly tasty is the Border Café, a restaurant that celebrates the rich cuisine of the U.S.-Canadian border. Try the savory Molson-battered smoked meat platter for $10 ($30 Canadian; 493-7788, open daily 1pm-midnight). If you want to blow your budget on one meal, head to The Wrap, Cambridge’s only internationally recognized four-star eatery. Particularly outstanding dishes include the Unevenly Distributed Scoops of Rice and Unidentifiable “Meat” in a Tortilla Which Is Hot in Some...