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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This activity, General Kim said, began during the severe famine in the mid-1990s and grew due to popular recognition that citizens could not rely on the government to sustain them...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: General Rebukes Kim Jong Il | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...fictional sport, concocted by J.K. Rowling in her popular Harry Potter novels, has become a reality on college campuses across the country...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Club Quidditch Team Works Budget Magic | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...help explain why many Egyptians get more openly riled up for a soccer match than they do for a national election. Soccer provides an outlet for emotion, both positive and negative, that so many Egyptians so desperately crave, says Maher Gamel, manager of one of Cairo's most popular restaurants, al-Omda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cairo Braces for a Soccer Bombshell | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...goes crazy over its intramurals, and always has a strong showing at its competitions. The intramural program is so popular that Lev films most of the IM action during the week and produces it in volumes that are published on everyone’s favorite video-sharing website...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leverett Athletes Run the Gamut | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...large role in the coming months." "Sarkozy has suffered a series of embarrassing controversies - including the accusations of nepotism - that have eroded the support of his traditionalist voter base worried about values, honesty and responsibility," says Jean-Marc Lech, co-president of the polling company Ipsos. "Rama Yade is popular with those voters and others for appearing open, honest and ready to stick to her principles. That's making it hard for Sarkozy to get rid of her, especially since she's one of the last visible people he turned to [in order] to create a racially diverse cabinet." (Read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The French Government's Minority Problem | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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