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...militancy in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar's cemetery for al-Qaeda fighters bears unequivocal testimony. Hundreds of mourners have descended on the graveyard from as far away as Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul and Uruzgan province. What began as daily homages have grown into all-night vigils. Men, women and children sleep by the graves. Devotees recite the Koran throughout the night. The paralyzed, ill and blind flock to the site seeking miracle cures, which many claim to receive. Men mumble, repeating scripture until they fall into a trance, swaying and convulsing, talking in tongues. "Do not speak English here," says...
Chan’s room at Vanderbilt Hall, the medical school’s dorm, soon began to overflow with so many scientific papers and textbooks that he had to clear a place to sleep each night...
After ten years of often violent and convulsive episodes, Yugoslavia appears set to quietly slip away ? almost as if the country died in its sleep. On 14 March, representatives of Yugoslavia and its two republics, Serbia and Montenegro, announced that they had agreed to a new, looser structure for Yugoslavia along with a new name for the federation ? Serbia and Montenegro. The decision must now be ratified by the Yugoslav, Serbian, and Montenegrin parliaments. the whole story...
...services, but what makes Netflix by far the most popular is its recommendation system. Rate each movie you rent, and Netflix will match you up with movies you're likely to enjoy that you might never have heard of. This is a boon for independent movies like Nice Guys Sleep Alone--which couldn't get distribution but did get picked up by hbo after its success on Netflix. "Where we're really powerful is the non-Top 100 films," says Hastings. "We're trying to stay out of the way of the 800-lb. gorilla...
...your column about some parents keeping their kids at home this summer [PERSONAL TIME: YOUR FAMILY, Feb. 25]: As a 20-year-old camp counselor (and a product of the sleep-away camp system), I urge parents to continue sending their children to summer camp. Of course, it can be difficult to afford, but many camps have financial-assistance programs. And, yes, there is a chance that a child may have a bad summer or experience such minor calamities as pink eye, lice and homesickness. But the positive experiences far outweigh the negative ones. I have been involved with...