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...level trader at the French bank, Société Générale, was arrested the other day for allegedly orchestrating a $7 billion fraud. Do you see things in these kinds of stories that are painfully familiar...
...clatter of automatic rifle fire and occasional blasts of heavier weapons sounded throughout Chad's capital, N'Djamena, on Saturday afternoon, as rebel forces escalated their drive to oust president Idriss Déby. Up to 1,500 rebel soldiers entered N'Djamena on Friday evening, and the initial resistance they encountered began to wane on Saturday as defections seriously weakened the defending government forces. French radio reported European nationals holed up in a safe enclave as warning that the capital would fall to the rebels within hours...
...storming of N'Djamena marked the climax in a rapid and effective offensive by the rebels, who crossed into Chad from Sudan in a column of about 300 vehicles Thursday, and began their 200-mile push toward the capital. Eyewitness accounts from French nationals interviewed by French radio supported rebel claims that they were mopping up the last pockets of resistance by government forces in the city, despite government sources insisting they remain in control. Mahamat Ali Abdallah Nassour - a Chadian general who also carries several ministerial titles - insisted to Radio France International that "the Chadian defense and security forces...
...French intervention to save beleaguered friendly governments in its former African colonies, Elysée spokesman David Martinon stressed that the focus of the French government was "assuring that all the arrangements had been made to assure the safety of our nationals". Paris dispatched a French Army Airbus to N'Djamena Saturday to begin an airlift back to France when the situation allows it, but showed none of the readiness to put down a rebellion that had had been par for the course when Paris still considered Francophone Africa as France's back yard...
With Valentine’s Day looming, students looking for a date can turn to OkCupid, the brainchild of three math-savvy alums. Christopher R. Coyne ’99, Sam A. Yagan ’99, and Maxwell N. Krohn ’99, three dorm-mates from Straus Hall, have lead numerous online ventures in the decade since their graduation. In 2004, the trio turned their creative energy to the Internet dating market when they launched OkCupid.com. The rudimentary pairing service, says Coyne, was inspired by a classmate’s software to help seniors seeking their hook...