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...killing fields of western Sudan stretch across an area almost as big as Texas. The Janjaweed roam the windswept plains and parts of the central range of jagged, extinct volcanoes on camels and horses or in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns. Bands of 10 or 12 men swoop into a village, shoot the men and boys, rape the women, loot and burn huts and mosques, rip up crops and slaughter or steal livestock. Halima, 30, was working in her family's field in the village of Gadarra when she heard "the voice of guns" last July. "The attackers were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan: The Tragedy of SUDAN | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...young actor playing the young actor in Pedro Almodóvar's new film also has a myriad of faces to wear--a transvestite chanteuse, the wreck of an abused child, a caring brother, a furtive lover capable of murder. But that's no great stretch for Gael García Bernal. The budding Mexican star has convinced audiences he can be a dog-loving street punk (Amores Perros), a priest tortured by love (El Crimen del Padre Amaro), a randy teenager on a spree (Y Tu Mamá También). In The Motorcycle Diaries, which just opened, he incarnates the young Ernesto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: MEET THE NEW IT BOY | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...wouldn’t be surprising to see the two sides flirt with 1,000 yards of total offense in this one. This one should be a back-and-forth shootout here with the Rams coming on down the stretch to take their fourth straight Governor?...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Around the Ivy League | 10/1/2004 | See Source »

August arrives, finally marking the end of the monsoon season, and one day I realize with surprise that I am truly happy here. In June, these months seemed to stretch before me like an eternity but now I have made friends, learned to dance to Hindi music. When I meet people in the street, they address me in Dzongka, the Bhutanese language...

Author: By Merritt R. Baer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finding Summer in Bhutan | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

Morgalis, as well as Harvard coach Joe Walsh, started thinking about his possible return during the Ivy stretch run last May. After the Crimson was eliminated from playoff contention on the final Sunday of the season in heartbreaking fashion, Morgalis and Walsh sat down to discuss the possibility...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Morgalis: Ace To Return for 2005 | 9/29/2004 | See Source »

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