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...central city of Jos sparked violent clashes between Christians and Muslims that left hundreds dead and displaced thousands. Marauders from both sides rampaged through the streets, burning churches, mosques, shops and homes and using guns and machetes to slaughter their enemies. Though the casualties represented Nigeria's worst death toll in several years, the "middle belt" of Africa's most populous nation--the intersection of its mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south--has been racked by sectarian violence before. Religious and ethnic riots in Jos killed about 1,000 people in 2001, and hundreds more died in a nearby...
...violence never has before. However, lost in the eulogies to those trapped within the Taj Mahal hotel and the Oberoi-Trident, are the 56 people shot on the same night at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a central rail station for the transiting working class. It was the highest death toll for a single site during the three days of chaos. Many of the dead there were laborers. "For whom is the [Taj Mahal hotel] iconic?" asks Gulan Kripalani, the executive director of the Mumbai-based NGO, Citizens For Peace. "My maid has lived in Mumbai all her life...
Last week, many across the globe watched in abject horror as an armed band of terrorists, backed by radicals suspected to be operating out of Pakistan, attacked numerous landmarks across Mumbai, including the world-famous Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. While the final death toll is still unknown, it is estimated that at least 174 peopl-e, including several Americans, perished as a consequence of these cowardly and dishonorable attacks. We commiserate with the Indian people; this attack, like so many others perpetrated in India and elsewhere, was a horrible and reprehensible deed. Terrorism is not a legitimate political tactic...
...lesson: It is complicated using someone else’s turf to do your own good. I’m not saying that Americans should focus biofuel efforts domestically, because corn is not a productive biofuel crop, and using it for ethanol inflates food prices and takes a toll on people who rely on food aid. Rather, I’m implying that there are two sides to almost every action—and sometimes when trying to do good far away from home, it is difficult to realize the repercussions. Environmentalists do not have to give up on biofuel...
...knows what's at stake and has seen firsthand the personal toll of the war. Odierno's son Tony lost his left arm when a rocket-propelled grenade blew up his humvee in Baghdad in 2004. The general says his son's injury has given him a bond with other parents who have had a child injured in combat. "I understand," he says, "what the costs of this fight...