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They entered the shack in twos. Despite the 100-plus degree temperature, all were covered from head to toe in garb ranging from burkas to more modern clothing paired with headscarves...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Crimson Call of Duty: Student Soldiers | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...slum of Karobongi, witnesses said the feared Mungiki sect - a group that weaves Kikuyu tribal mythology with gang rule in the slums - hacked to death several people from rival tribes in reprisal killings, leaving the roads strewn with limbs. Clashes between tribes also erupted in the tin-shack slum of Mathare, preventing aid workers from delivering daily drops of food and medicine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya on the Verge of a Showdown | 1/2/2008 | See Source »

Provided Ringo survives the opening ceremony, he'll headline at a concert the next evening featuring fellow mainstays of the city's music scene: the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, No Fakin' DJs, Echo and the Bunnymen, Pete Wylie, Ian Broudie, Shack, the Christians and the Wombats. That motley list tells the real story. Something about Liverpool, a chemical reaction between the irrepressible locals and the diverse influences that have slipped ashore in the city's port, spurs creativity. High culture and low, from staid to avant-garde - it's all come out of Merseyside. But nothing else has ever equaled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ringo's Rhythm Without Blues | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...controls. (Urban Outfitters, 11 JFK St.) 10) 1,000 sex games, $14: Don’t give this to mom, but it could be a good gift for your latest lackluster h-up. (Urban Outfitters, 11 JFK St.) 11) $15 iTunes giftcard: Give the gift of downloading legally. (Radio Shack, 28 JFK St.) 12) Minibooks, $5 and under: so small, and yet, so full of knowledge. (Hidden Sweets, 25 Brattle St.) 13) Winter Mug, $8.95; Starbucks Gift Card, $5: Pair these two up for a warm and delicious holiday gift. Or they can put the gift card toward some crappy...

Author: By Erinn V. Westbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Holiday Gifts for Under $15 | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

...education, and, of course, agriculture and ethanol. As I type on this blustery November day in Des Moines, John Edwards is rallying with picketing nurses at a Dubuque hospital while, in western Iowa, Rudy Giuliani is at a "meet-and-greet" at the B&L Vintage Brew and Sugar Shack in Rock Rapids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Political Tourist's Guide to Iowa | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

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