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...most effective way to get First World kids to start caring about Third World problems? The answer, according to the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), is an action-packed humanitarian video game that lets players rack up points for air dropping food rations and surveying war-torn populations on the fictitious island of Sheylan. "The gaming market is saturated with blood and guts and gore," says Justin Roche, the game's project manager at WFP headquarters in Rome. "We've turned the concept on its head by addressing the urgency and immediacy of a real crisis situation...
...Gitmo from mid-2002 to mid-2004. According to just-released memos, agents reported seeing captives shackled in a fetal position for 24 hours without food or water and left in their own excrement, another gagged with duct tape that covered much of his head and another who had torn out his hair after being chained all night in a hot room. Former Army Sergeant Erik Saar, who served at Gitmo and wrote Inside the Wire with TIME correspondent Viveca Novak, has described an instance in which a female interrogator smeared fake menstrual blood on a captive's face...
...Harvard did not make the NCAA team tournament—a major disappointment for the team that nearly knocked off then-No. 1 and undefeated Illinois in last year’s Sweet 16—the time off allowed Chu to focus on his singles play, rehabilitate his torn abdominal muscle, and practice with doubles partner Kumar...
...sensible stand on the status of Jerusalem, were sensitive to all religions. As one of the leaders of an interfaith organization, I particularly valued his role in developing understanding and trust among the faiths. We are in dire need of sane voices like John Paul's in this world torn by lust for power and neglect of human rights...
...eventual victor, Kraft-Todd, danced and mimed to Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn...