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Florida travel ban to Cuba may be challenged in US Supreme Court
When Noel Smith received an email from her friend last week, she did not expect to learn that a lawsuit she filed with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and seven other faculty members from Florida universities in 2006 would be taken this seriously.
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Underwater robots and their operators return from Japan
On March 11, 7,000 miles away from the calm waters of Tampa Bay, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded hit Japan. The resulting tsunami left much of the island in ruins, with more than 15,000 people dead and 9,000 missing.
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Faculty seeks approval for study abroad program in Cuba
Students and faculty are working to overcome administrative hurdles to gain approval for a non-Tufts study abroad program in Cuba in an effort to align student travel and study in the country with recently passed federal law.
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Journalist James Foley officially released from Libyan custody after being detained for more than 42 days
James Foley (MSJ '08) has been released from Libyan custody after more than 42 days of captivity. Foley was originally captured April 5 while covering the Libyan conflict outside the city of Brega by pro-Gadhafi forces.
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Indiana Governor Daniels declares a state of emergency for 34 counties
Gov. Daniels has declared a state of emergency for 34 counties, including Monroe County. Most of the counties are located in the southern portion of the state, where flooding from record spring rain has been particularly severe.
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Turkey and Middle Eastern democracy
Dani Rodrik is the Rafiq Hariri professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. His father-in-law, Cetin Dogan, is a lead defendant in Turkey’s Sledgehammer trial.
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Kosovo expert calls for sovereignty
Kosovar independence was instrumental to ending genocide in the region, and international recognition of Kosovo’s sovereignty is essential to the country’s future stability, according to Jason Steinbaum, senior foreign affairs committee staffer for Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
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Corvallis, Oregon ranked least likely in nation to be hit by natural disaster
According to an analysis published in the New York Times on a U.S. city's likelihood of being hit by a natural disaster, the city of Corvallis was ranked safest in the nation. This analysis determined, of the 379 U.S.
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Column: Do you think you could survive on $1.50 a day?
For 1.4 billion people living in the world today, subsisting on such an impossibly tiny figure is a fact of daily life. And from May 16-20, this struggle will become reality for a small but passionate group of Oregon State University students who have teamed up to take a stand to end extreme poverty.
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