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...militants are using sympathetic mosques in Talibanistan to recruit fighters to attack Western troops in Afghanistan, according to tribal elders in the region. With cash and religious fervor, they lure young men to join their battle and threaten local leaders so they will deliver the support of their tribes. Malik Haji Awar Khan, 55, head of the 2,000-strong Mutakhel Wazir tribe of North Waziristan, was approached a year ago to join the Taliban cause. When he refused, militants kidnapped his teenage sons. "They thought they could make me join them, but I am tired of fighting," says Khan...
...cloth, the first of their public "wrappings." And in a dozen commissions since, Kaldor has not only brought a who's who of contemporary art to Australia, from curator Harald Szeemann to video artist Nam June Paik, but amassed a seriously cool collection in the process. His newest KAP recruit is installation artist Urs Fischer, this year's Swiss representative at the Venice Biennale along with Ugo Rondinone, another KAP alumni. "He's got a passionate eye," says Engberg, director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne. "He's very intuitive about what he likes, but his intuition...
...begins to talk: about family, tradition, and community—about finding “your own greatness if it’s in you.”The video isn’t part of a self-help program, a political PR campaign, or even an army recruiting push. This comely and admirable man is the grand master of Masons in Massachusetts, and he wants (some of) you.Entitled “The Grand Master Invitation,” the video welcomes viewers to an informational Web site about the Freemasons, and encourages them to learn more about the fraternity...
...Maryland wouldn’t go down easily, as the 2006 national champions returned all five of their starters this season, including former Harvard recruit Doron...
...recruit around the world very aggressively for the freshman pool,” he said...