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...rare stretch of paved road is announced by a sign bearing the President's face and the slogan GLORIA CARES. In many villages, government troops are dug in behind sandbags and razor wire. Three hours later, we transfer to trail bikes and roar along deserted tracks to a semi-derelict logging shack. Waiting there are five N.P.A. soldiers with M-16s, who guide us through the darkening jungle to a camp lit by flickering oil lamps. "The comrades are very excited you're here," says a voice from the gloom...
...Among the politically semi-aware, screeds like these are the new chain mail. Their viral propagation makes them an incredibly powerful means of preaching to the choir...
...Even on the slopes, however, it's hard to escape current events. The political crisis between the Lebanese government and the Hizballah-led opposition that has turned the capital into a semi-permanent protest zone has also scared off foreign tourists, a crucial part of the economy. Bookings are down by as much as 60 percent from last year at Skileb, an online ski package operator that deals mostly with foreigners. Although skiing represents only about 10% of Lebanon's tourism market, Lebanon's economy is under such duress after the past summer's war with Israel that the country...
...hours before the semiannual Primal Scream, a handful of undergradauates prepared their own semiannual, semi-clothed tradition in Lamont Library. But while Cambridge and College officials turn a blind eye from the nude run in the Yard, derobed students were reprimanded by the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for their library exhibitionism...
...burst of mishits and tension-induced mistakes. A slight injury, a blazing hot day, a rotten night's sleep - any number of little distractions could level the playing field for a strong opponent, who might also just have a golden night like Russia's Marat Safin did in his semi-final against the Swiss in 2005. Federer's the percentage tip, but he's not unbeatable...