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...Such views have little traction in the Shi'ite villages of the eastern Bekaa Valley where Toufeili lives. Local residents openly mock the stubborn cleric, accusing him of being on the payroll of Hizballah's opponents. Small wonder, then, that he rarely leaves his home, and that his bodyguard rarely leaves his side...
...encountered.) If that and other traditional Berber touches - along with some first-rate walking - sounds tempting, then look no further. Morocco's High Atlas range is a stunning destination, and easier to reach than you'd think. From Marrakech, it's a mere 90-minute drive up a winding valley road to the Toubkal National Park. Before you know it, you're sipping mint tea atop a sun-drenched terrace ogling the Djebel Toubkal, North Africa's highest peak...
...park, where host Omar welcomes hikers with a hearty handshake and a basin of rose water. A simple refuge overlooking a traditional village of flat-topped mud and stone houses, it was a perfect overnight stop on a two-day hike into and out of the Azzaden Valley, where the bracing Atlas air felt like Drano on our clogged city lungs...
Amid a constantly changing landscape, our guide Hossein led us up giant boulder-strewn hillsides and past juniper trees to the 2,500-m Tizi Mezik pass, only to drop sharply down again into a mineral-rich valley of red earth and terraced villages. The next morning - with a night's snowfall caking the red soil and pines - everything looked different again. As we hiked up a final ridge, muleteer Ali Baba (he assured us that was his name) used the opportunity to pelt everybody with snowballs, a prank I hadn't expected to experience in North Africa...
...sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to officials at her former school district. "She was just one of the most outstanding young individuals that I've had the privilege of working with in my 31 years as an educator," said John P. Latini, principal of Minisink Valley High School, where she graduated in 2005. "Caitlin was a leader among our students." Minisink Valley students and teachers shared their grief Tuesday at a counseling center set up in the school, Latini said...