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...most of us, Darfur is only the name of a distant, unknown region. In those remote longitudes, however, nothing less than an outright genocide goes umpunished. The United States and its allies around the world can no longer refrain from an armed response. Military intervention is the only path, and it is our moral duty. The two groups involved in this age-old conflict are both predominantly Muslim—one is collectively known as Baggara, and the other includes different African tribes such as the Zaghawa, Masalit, and Fur—although the former is Arab and the latter...
...While administrators have yet to say outright whether they will throw their support behind a social programming board, Campus Life Fellow Justin H. Haan ’05 said Sunday that he believed Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 would be receptive to the creation of a social programming board...
Without declaring his hopes for the national arena outright, Warner emphasized his electability last night, pointing to his record of success in a state that has a two-to-one ratio of Republicans to Democrats...
Such discoveries lend credence to those, like former Prime Minister and chief U.S. ally Iyad Allawi, who say Iraq is already mired in civil war. Yet despite the bloodshed on both sides, the militants on the front lines don't consider themselves in outright conflict with one another. "War might be tomorrow or one year from now; it all depends on the sparks made by those seeking to inflame it," says Abu Mohammed, a former top-ranking officer in Saddam Hussein's army and now a key Baathist insurgent strategist. Another Baathist insurgent downplays the pervasiveness of sectarian hatred...
...People Power movement, which jettisoned the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship, depicted the miscarriage of the nation's effort to achieve a vibrant democracy [Feb. 27]. The Philippines has the potential to reclaim its status as one of Asia's wealthiest countries. But its inexhaustible supply of acrimony, cynicism and outright selfishness?especially as manifested by the political class?has thwarted its aspirations. Filipinos should rally around constructive reforms aimed at long-term development. Only when the government and its people embrace disciplined measures can the nation achieve lasting peace and prosperity?a new People Power. Who knows? Within 20 years...