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...Afghanistan A Deadly Raid in Kabul's Heart On the eve of a visit by Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, eight suicide bombers and attackers armed with assault rifles struck three government buildings in Kabul on Feb. 12, killing at least 20 people and wounding 57. Taliban spokesmen quickly claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they were in revenge for the mistreatment of jailed insurgents...
Before Facebook, there was TheSpark; and before Mark Zuckerberg, there was a posse of Harvard Grads carving out a crimson corner on the Web. Sam A. Yagan ’99 and the other founders of SparkNotes have struck gold again with OkCupid.com, an online dating site for the younger set. FM sat down with the seasoned Web savant just in time for Valentine?...
...also aware of the potential to help Zimbabweans and that's what we are going to do." - On being aware of shortcomings of the power-sharing deal he struck with Mugabe ( Times of London...
...Chicago,” and “Cold Mountain,” laughed with her Hasty Pudding escorts and lamented forgetting her gloves as she rode down the street in a silver Bentley convertible. The Oscar winner also talked to members of the crowd and struck comical poses with Hasty Pudding President David J. Andersson ’09 and Vice President of the Cast Thomas R. Compton ’09. “You were robbed in ‘Chicago!’” one woman yelled to Zellweger as she passed...
...completely disconnected from social activism, or the world around me - I was almost devoid of a social consciousness before then. But I was struck by the injustice." - Explaining how Diallo's killing spurred his spiritual journey. (Boston Globe, July...