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...Islam that they were being targeted for eradication by the government and Sunni extremists. So far, thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the fighting, mostly in the northern province of Saada. The government has used aerial bombardment and artillery to try to smash the Houthis. The alleged use of collective punishment and blockades of aid to force locals to turn in rebel fighters have prompted some agencies, such as UNICEF, to compare the campaign to the government of Sudan's actions in Darfur. (See pictures of chaos in Darfur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for research from the University of Bern, Switzerland. Stephan Bolliger and Steffen Ross sought to determine whether a full or empty beer bottle did more damage when smashed over someone’s head (it was the latter). Bolliger accepted the award with a smile and proceeded to smash a prop bottle over his own head...

Author: By Kerry K. Clark, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobels Mock Risk and Banking | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

...defense enjoyed itself plenty in 2008, finishing with a 10-0 smash-mouth victory over Yale. While Berry garnered first-team All-Ivy honors, his peers made tremendous impacts of their own. After overcoming his jitters, Hanson was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL '09: Secondary Returns for Encore Performance | 9/18/2009 | See Source »

Eric Coss, a teenager in New York's Delaware County, managed to buy his first derby car, a little four-cylinder he decorated with markers, this summer for $150, plus $6 for parts. His reason for entering the county's Aug. 21 event was simple: "You can smash your car without getting in trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash For Clunkers: Demolition Derbies Hard Up for Cars | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

There's at least one group of people who are happy Cash for Clunkers is over: demolition-derby drivers. Participants in these events, in which drivers smash into one another until there's only one engine left running, don't enjoy the sight of old cars going out of commission without making a pit stop at the county fairground. "Obama is an anti-demo-derby guy," says Tory Schutte, head of the Demolition Derby Drivers Association. "He's targeting the cars we've been using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crash For Clunkers: Demolition Derbies Hard Up for Cars | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

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