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...years, Turkmenbashi (Father of the Turkmen) Saparmurat Niyazov kept the central Asian state of Turkmenistan under a bizarre and brutal dictatorship that fought dissent and infectious diseases simply by outlawing both. Niyazov's death from cardiac arrest in late December came as a shock to his 5 million subjects, who had never realized that "Presidents for Life" die, too. Now, six contenders are running in the first presidential election in 15 years scheduled...
...that U.S. officials argue over who's a friend, who's an enemy and how you can tell them apart. Drug enforcement officials claim Noorzai's capture as a major prize. Afghanistan is the world's largest source of heroin, and his arrest, says DEA administrator Karen Tandy, "sent shock waves through other Taliban-connected traffickers." But Noorzai was also a powerful leader of a million-member tribe who had offered to help bring stability to a region that is spinning out of control. Because he is in a jail cell, he is not feeding the U.S. and the Afghan...
When the Census Bureau announced last August that northern Virginia's Loudoun County had become the nation's most affluent, with a median household income of $98,483, it was something of a shock to locals. Loudoun is far from exclusive: a third of its 255,000 residents arrived in the past half-decade. The median house sells for $440,000. These Loudounites are not trust-fund babies or Wall Street zillionaires but youngish professionals with kids to raise and mortgages...
...high-ranking politicians and a chain of command. “That place turned me into a monster,” a former guard says in the film. Another guard compares fulfilling her torture duties to going to the dentist. After the film, audience members articulated feelings of shock and a desire to take action. “It was a point well-made and clearly points to a need to some sort of policy change,” said Olivia Shabb ’08. Kennedy urged the audience to take action. “It?...
...stay any longer than to see the three photographs by Lewis Wickes Hine, from the famed Pittsburgh Survey? Why give the show a chance? Because after the initial shock of boredom, the exhibition becomes unexpectedly absorbing...