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...ancient popular belief that has recurred throughout Islamic history. In the colonial era, several "Mahdis" announced themselves as liberators. Perhaps the most famous was the "Mahdi of the Sudan," Mohammed Ahmad ibn Abdullah, whose dervish troops killed General Charles ("Chinese") Gordon and the other defenders during the siege of Khartoum...
Outside the capital, the rice paddies and cornfields along Route 4 had a deceptively lush look; the rainy season had just ended. Provincial officials predict that the harvest from the crop that was planted in June will be 70% of normal; but independent estimates are that throughout the country, the so-called short season may yield only a fifth of what is normally reaped. In the entire province, there is only one doctor, a Vietnamese "adviser." Some 500 patients are crammed into the hospital in Kompong Speu, which has only 200 beds. The facility has no laboratory to analyze blood...
...from the energy companies' local production revenues, and its royalties surged from $1.3 billion in 1974 to $4 billion this year. Coveting more of this wealth for themselves, many Canadians outside the province call Alberta "OPEC North" and refer to its leaders as "blue-eyed sheiks." After traveling throughout the nouveau riche province, TIME Correspondent Ed Ogle reports...
...popular Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). And as of last week, the service had yet to send out those grade and LSAT score summaries it usually starts mailing in October to American law schools that depend on the reports for evaluating applicants. The delays have slowed admissions work throughout the country...
Isham now works as a student representative to Save the Children, which promotes nutritional information, agricultural training and research, education, physical improvements and legal help for children in 19 countries throughout the world. Save the Children now sends 82 per cent of its budget directly to charitable causes...