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...problems are twofold: tribalism and colonialism. The existence of numerous incompatible tribes was not taken into consideration by their respective colonial masters at independence. African countries should hold referendums to decide their borders. The developed nations and the U.N. should encourage this. It is time for Africa to peacefully reinvent its present geopolitical landscape and find one that the people can live with and use to advance into civilized modernity. The world is getting tired of, and bogged down by, Africa's problems. Wake up, Africa, and smell the coffee! Benjamin Omovie Cardiff Quotas for Castes Re "Battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Happened at Haditha? | 6/27/2006 | See Source »

...those around him. He took to mimicking the habits of the Prophet Muhammad recorded in Muslim texts, including the way he brushed his teeth and wore his sandals. Lacking formal religious training, he prayed incessantly and consulted frequently with religious advisers--attempts, perhaps, to shed his murderous past and reinvent himself as a savior of Islam. But he never got the chance. U.S. forces bore in on al-Zarqawi by tracking his spiritual adviser Sheik Abdul-Rahman, a man the terrorist may have hoped would help guide him toward a new life. The U.S., and death, found him instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War On Terror: The Apostle Of Hate | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

Ballasted with 370 years of precedent and tradition, Harvard is the flagship of higher education. But it plows ahead in straight lines, changing little as the years tick on and as it loses ground to more agile institutions which constantly innovate and reinvent themselves. If Harvard is to navigate the serpentine channel that lies ahead and still remain at the forefront of higher education, it must overcome its overwhelming inertia. But the course is difficult, and will require a bold, visionary, and audacious helmsman to chart.For that role we turn to a small crew of 11 who will steer Harvard...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Charting a Progressive Course | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

What to do? Here's Microsoft's plan for the Xbox 360: faster chips and better online service. And here's Sony's plan for the Playstation 3: faster chips and better online service. But Iwata thinks that with a sufficiently innovative approach, Nintendo can reinvent gaming and in the process turn nongamers into gamers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game For All Ages | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...Well, George Kennan lived to be 101, so he must have be doing something right, but I think I would rather have been a French New Wave director, one of the people who were inspired by the American movies of the 1940s and 1950s to reinvent cinema. Students in my course, who have seen a sample of my own early camera-work, know that I might have done great things in that field, given the proper funding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hey, Professor Louis Menand! What Cold War figure would | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

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