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...plight of Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinians who were already reeling from a 2½-year economic siege imposed by Israel with help from Egypt and the U.S. even before Israel's air-and-ground assault had begun, international donors earlier this year pledged more than $4.5 billion to repair war damages. But that aid has failed to reach Gaza, according to Palestinians and relief agencies who accuse Israel of imposing Kafkaesque rules that bar from entry vital reconstruction materials and items as innocuous as glass, most schoolbooks, honey and family-size tubs of margarine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Year Since Israel's Offensive, Gaza Still Suffers | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

...solution looked possible because Nigeria's government was finally conceding that the rebels' demands - increased development and the environmental repair of the delta - were justified. "The militants are not asking for anything unusual or extraordinary," Defense Minister Godwin Abbe told TIME at his offices in the capital Abuja earlier this month. Just as significant, a petroleum industry bill was also introduced promising greater transparency in a notoriously opaque business - a sign the government was willing to crack down on the kind of corruption that has served Nigeria so badly, fueling unrest not only in the delta but the north...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, an Ailing President and Peace Process | 12/21/2009 | See Source »

With the Undergraduate Council’s election-season controversy finally over, the UC took measures last Monday to repair the damage in its wake. A majority of the council voted to officially censure Vice President Kia J. McLeod, marking an appropriate end to a debacle that undermined the legitimacy of both the Election Commission and the UC. We congratulate the body for recognizing that McLeod’s actions “violate[d] ethical standards,” and hope that it takes strides to avoid further election confusion in the future...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Sensible Censure | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...Human Rights Watch is calling on the Naxal groups to stop targeting school buildings, and for state authorities to repair damaged buildings and provide viable alternatives for occupied schools more quickly. Its representatives will be meeting with Indian central government officials about the issue this week. In the meantime, thousands of students in the affected areas are missing yet another year's exams. "The government says it is in the interest of the children that the security forces stay in the schools to guard against Maoist activities," Bhattacharjee says. "The Maoists say they blow up schools because they are less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Insurgency Threatening India's Schools | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...Right now it may be hard to muster much sympathy for Tiger, who could comfortably bandage his wounds in $100 bills and still have a few hundred million to spare. But history's best golfer will undoubtedly seize the chance to repair his reputation the way he earned it in the first place. One Sunday next year, Woods will catch fire, tear past the competition and hoist another trophy. When that happens, let's hope fans remember that public prowess does not equal private virtue, and that we should reserve our adulation for those whom we know are actually deserving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Down by a Tiger We Never Knew | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

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