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...Which means that American policy in Lebanon is now in tatters. The U.S. has tried almost everything in its efforts to de-fang Hizballah: designating it a terrorist organization; securing a UN Security Council resolution calling for it to disarm; encouraging Israel to invade Lebanon in 2006; and finally, pushing the Lebanese government into unsustainable game of brinkmanship with the Shia Muslim militant group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Blitz, Hizballah Runs Beirut | 5/10/2008 | See Source »

...local police to catch up with us. Accompanied by two officers, a police lieutenant copies our passport details into his notebook, shakes our hands,and leaves. At the monastery, we are told "no photos, no interviews" by a fourth officer. The relief effort isn?t working-the UN and other agencies have complained that Myanmar is dragging its feet on the issuing of visas for its personnel they say are badly needed to cope with the crisis-but the apparatus of state control, which watches Burmese and foreigners alike, is apparently doing just fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aid Not Reaching Burmese | 5/9/2008 | See Source »

This is the guy directly responsible for the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994, in which he branded all Democrats as untrustworthy, disloyal and un-American. Talk about writing alternative history. Days of Infamy perfectly describes Gingrich's era as a member of Congress. Bill Shick, NASHVILLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

Though there were no objections to the plan, some committee members said they were worried that students would take advantage of an un-proctored exam...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Placement Tests To Be Moved Online | 5/7/2008 | See Source »

...crisis and unemployment. Today, four in every five Zimbabweans looking for work are unable to find it even the the country’s literacy rate is highest in all of Africa. Until last year Zimbabwe was self-sufficient in canned and processed food. However, this year, according to UN World Food Programme estimates, 4.2 million Zimbabweans—a third of the population—will face serious food shortages. Many Zimbabweans have been forced to survive on one meal a day. Aid agencies are unlikely to gather enough support from the rest of the world as Zimbabwe...

Author: By Samad Khurram | Title: Save Zimbabwe | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

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