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Eventually, those deals will translate into new opportunities for Basrawis. For now, their city faces years of struggle to rebuild and heal. One essential resource, says Salmon, is optimism - among Basrawis as well as their soon-to-depart overlords - that the corner has been turned. "My mission has been to protect that optimism, shape it and build it," he says...
...says an official with an international aid agency. In the best case, the camps, under the monitoring eye of U.N. agencies, will be used as holding stations where the army can weed out any LTTE fighters who remain in hiding, before allowing civilians to return to the Vanni to rebuild the north. "In the worst-case scenario, they establish concentration camps for Tamils," the official says. There have been no reports of mass killings, but aid groups and human-rights workers say that they are troubled by reports of disappearances and that they cannot monitor the safety of detainees without...
Nour has a long way to go to rebuild his political career. Though he gained respect for defying Mubarak and enduring a prison sentence, few Egyptians see the freed prisoner as a local Nelson Mandela. Many value Mubarak's National Democratic Party for bringing stability, while large numbers of government opponents support the banned Muslim Brotherhood group. Nonetheless, some observers believe that Nour's release may be an indication of greater freedom to come for all opposition parties. "This is a positive sign," says Hala Mustafa, editor of the Egyptian journal Democracy. "In the end, the regime showed a relative...
...cause many problems if his demands are not answered--even rocket attacks and roadside bombs." Mohammad, whose militia provides security for NATO troops and aid organizations, denies threatening groups that don't hire his services. "Why should I do that?" he asks. "I know they are here to rebuild Afghanistan. I am just trying to find [my guys] jobs...
...broad movement.” The conference represented a “new kind of activism coming to Harvard,” said SLAM member Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09. “Even though our endowment is currently down, the way to rebuild is to make new investments, and it’s really important to make sure that Harvard does that as responsibly as it can,” she said. —Staff writer Evan T.R. Rosenman can be reached at erosenm@fas.harvard.edu...