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...Pakistan Seeking Peace and Stability In an effort to quell violence, the government struck a deal with insurgents on Feb. 16 that would implement a form of Islamic law in northwest Pakistan. The ruling will cover the Malakand region, which includes the Swat Valley, a onetime tourist spot and now home base for Taliban forces. While militants have agreed to a 10-day cease-fire, critics of the deal labeled the pact a dangerous concession to violent religious extremists...
...they don't release us," says a resident of this camp, in the Mannar district on the northwest coast. His family left their home by boat, only to be intercepted by the Sri Lankan navy and then handed over to the army, which brought them to one of several "welfare centers" set up to house Tamils fleeing the Vanni, the jungle areas at the heart of Tiger territory. "We were told, 'Two or three months, and then you can go,'" he says. "But now it's almost one year." There are about 450 people in this camp, including 39 children...
...Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, which had been informed by University administrators in January that it might need to reconsider its Allston plans, has decided to move first into vacant office space in the Northwest building and eventually to a renovated Sherman-Fairchild building, according to department co-chair David T. Scadden. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...news article "Harvard To Delay Allston Construction" incorrectly stated that the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology would first move into vacant office space in the Northwest building before moving to a renovated Sherman-Fairchild building. In fact, department co-chair David T. Scadden said the department will move directly to Sherman-Fairchild, instead of moving to Northwest first...
...China and Pakistan in the name of a common enmity toward India. Since then, Beijing has often offered its support to Islamabad in the way of economic assistance, but also with no-strings-attached military aid and support to Pakistan's nuclear program. (See pictures of Pakistan's vulnerable Northwest passage...