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Once inside, the speedo-wearer’s eccentric, silver-bedecked appearance began to make sense: he served as one of three human spotlights that stood on stage and pointed out distinguished scholars as they were introduced throughout the ceremony.

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Mock Risk and Banking | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

Eighteen months since the IG report, USAID has also not adequately accounted for $16 million in project spending and has hired an outside auditor to track the money, according to Dona Dinkler, the USAID IG's chief of staff. USAID declined to comment, but it has blamed high staff turnover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Development Dollars in Pakistan Being Well Spent? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

A small band of U.S. and Philippine soldiers were on their way to pick up supplies for a local school on the southern Philippine island of Jolo on Sept. 29 when their vehicle rolled over a land mine. The blast killed two U.S. soldiers and one Filipino marine, and though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abu Sayyaf | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

“Young people in other countries are going to school 25, 30 percent longer than our students here,” Duncan pointed out to the AP. Many studies indicate that it is during this prolonged summer that the gap between the performance of higher- and lower-income...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: More is More | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe spoke to a packed audience at the Institute of Politics forum Friday evening, detailing his plans for Colombian social development and responding to pointed questions about the possibility that he will seek a third term in office.

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Amid Student Protests, Uribe Details Plans for Stable and United Columbia | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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