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...suffered from the racial abuse he now sings about. "I can still remember what they used to call me: f___ing Moroccan," he says. Raymzter's music reflects his dual heritage. Most songs have a typical Dutch sing-a-long rhythm with tinges of more exotic North African melodies thrown in. Raymzter usually writes the music first. Once he's got the rhythm right, he'll work out the lyrics and then call up Baudo - who's produced CDs for top hip-hop names on both sides of the Atlantic - to flesh things out. Most of Raymzter's friends...
...Italy's industrial northeast, Carabinieri paramilitary police raided an abandoned farmhouse after monitoring a group of immigrants suspected of holding illegal weapons. No weapons were found, but sniffer dogs located a kilogram of C4, the explosive used in last year's Bali bombing, inside a sock thrown into a dirty-clothes hamper. Five Moroccans were arrested. Later, police searched a nearby apartment that was used as a makeshift mosque and found a local map with a nearby NATO base circled on it, as well as a list of all the NATO facilities in the vicinity. And just two days before...
Chavez backers point out that he hasn't thrown one opposition leader, journalist or striking oil engineer into jail during this crisis. While polls indicate that two-thirds of the nation is fed up with him, he retains the support of a sizable swath of the poor, who never had a voice in political or economic life until his election. He was ushered back into office last April precisely because, during the two days he was in military custody, Venezuelans grew nauseated watching TV images of cogollos romping in the palace, cocktails in hand, as if it were their private...
Teaming up with MTV’s Rock the Vote. Holding a summit for student leaders. Staging a march on Washington to address student political concerns. All of these proposals were thrown out last week in an Institute of Politics (IOP) brainstorming session. IOP officials have said they would like to start several national projects in order to reach more young adults across the country. Though these intentions are laudable, the IOP should first focus on enriching its Harvard offerings and addressing its existing shortcomings...
Then imagine having to wait two months. Welcome to the third floor of the Malkin Athletic Center, where the Harvard fencing team passes the time before practices by playing a little Ultimate Frisbee. Co-captain Ben Schmidt leaps after a battered-looking disc thrown by freshman foil Ian Polonsky. Okay, last point...