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...triumph. Meles' forces killed thousands of UIC fighters within days, captured Mogadishu and installed the internationally recognized government in exile, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). In a Jan. 5 message, bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Somalis to "consume" the "crusader" Ethiopians "as the lions eat their prey." But he was too late. Thousands of UIC fighters and refugees were streaming south from Mogadishu toward Ras Kamboni and Kenya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia on the Edge | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...abundant in the Square in the 60s, readily available at more than 20 independent book stores. Now, as 2007 draws to a close, Harvard Book Store celebrates the end of its 75th year in business. Its ability to hold its ground while its fellow locally owned bookstores have fallen prey to corporate outsiders means that the bookstore is now Harvard Square’s premier independent center for all things literary.STEADY GROUNDIn January 2007, the Harvard University Planning Office conducted a survey to determine the Harvard community’s opinions on the Square?...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Book Store Celebrates 75 Years of Literature and Community | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...meet online won’t necessarily lead, as Penn claims, to more couples that commute to see each other, more diverse unions, and more e-therapists. Nor does it mean that children from these marriages face a greater risk of Internet addiction or that they will be easier prey for online predators. While Penn’s research is extensive and thorough, “Microtrends” is trivialized by this focus on numbers. In a society already far too defined by quantities—scores and grades, income, and even age being only a few examples...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Microtrends’ as Fun as Microeconomics and Half as Relevant | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...different races, ethnicities, and cultures. Force-feeding students a distorted view of diversity—or, for that matter, any view—is dangerous. We are relieved that the University of Delaware program has been halted. Other institutions must heed Delaware’s lesson and not fall prey to these sorts of unworthy polemics...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: ‘Diversity’ Gone Awry | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...Fewer than 20 breeding pairs of hen harriers, a legally protected bird of prey, are left in England. Hen harriers are one of two birds on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' "red list" - a designation reserved for species facing the greatest peril. Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, is a patron of the RSPB...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Prince Harry Hunt Rare Birds? | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

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