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Female circumcision, also called female genital mutilation, is another case in point. It involves removing part or all of a girl's clitoris and labia in an effort to reduce female sexual desire and thereby preserve chastity. FGM is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and in Egypt, with scattered cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Islam: The Women Of Islam | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Some of the most valuable residue of the Taliban collapse in Afghanistan may turn out to be paper. FBI, CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency officials have quietly mounted a crash intelligence project to collect and analyze attendance rosters, pay ledgers, letters from home and other paperwork in bombed-out al...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spy Watch: Al-Qaeda's Paper Trail | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

For some of Harvard’s larger departments, simply not having enough space in which to house all its faculty can be the biggest hurdle when trying to create department atmosphere. Nearly 15 years ago the government department was forced to share its home in Littauer with the growing...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol and Rebecca M. Milzoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A Department by Any Other Name | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

Publicly, the U.S. knew better than to declare victory, insisting that Taliban fighters may be preparing to begin a new phase of the war, one in which they could do what they once did best: battle a more powerful foreign force from redoubts in the mountains, where tanks can't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunt for bin Laden | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

For the rest of the weekend though, students were on their own. The few who remained found themselves scattered throughout a dark and quiet campus. Some said however, that they enjoyed their vacation anyway.

Author: By Jeslyn A. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hundreds Spend Holiday at Harvard | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

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