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...treated with respect by her guards. When the authorities suddenly freed her, the move assured her she was not alone in her struggle - international pressure had let the mullahs know the world was watching. And though she was later convicted of defaming the Islamic Republic, given a two-year suspended sentence and temporarily barred from practicing law, the world has been watching ever since - which is one reason why Ebadi, 56, will be in Oslo this week to receive the 2003 Nobel Prize for Peace. She is being honored as Iran's human-rights champion - a defender of political prisoners...
...girls Levine studied were enrolled in the Lubavitch high school, Bais Rivka, and Levine says the school’s principal was initially wary of her presence, fearing it would influence the girls. Levine was, however, granted permission to attend seminary classes, which form part of a two-year educational program that follows after high school...
...urge to do volunteer work abroad, but you aren't sure if the full-blown, two-year Peace Corps experience is right for you. How about a getaway that combines volunteerism and adventure...
...found acceptable by the minority Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras. Having no army of his own, he was unthreatening to the country's warlords. With his fluent English, stoic bearing and good fashion sense, he seemed a comforting figure to the U.S. and the U.N. But as he nears the two-year mark on the job, the Karzai model is barely working for Karzai himself...
...their nursing programs by lending its own nurses, on hospital pay, as instructors. Pasco Hernando Community College found that local hospitals were so desperate for nurses that they were willing not only to lend clinical instructors but also to pay tuition and expenses for students who would make a two-year commitment to work as nurses when they graduate...