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Harvard graduate held hostage in Libya
Clare Morgana Gillis, an Atlantic reporter in Libya who completed her Ph.D. in medieval history this spring at Harvard, was captured by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi last Tuesday outside Brega, a city currently controlled by the Libyan government and plagued by intense fighting.
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Column: High-five to France for military intervention
Before sitting down to write this column, I went online to check the latest news from Africa. I was going to write a column arguing passionately, and, I hope, convincingly, about the need for Western intervention in the African country of Cote d’Ivoire.
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Louisiana ranked most disaster-prone state
Louisiana ranks No. 1 on the list of "Top 10 States Most at Risk Of Disaster," according to Kiplinger.com. "The Pelican State has the unfortunate distinction of being the most disaster-prone state in the nation, largely because of Hurricane Katrina, which was the costliest disaster in U.S.
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Column: Islamophobia: We’re the United States of Embarrassment
On Sunday, I watched the CNN documentary “Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door” in a state of bewilderment, anger, and above all, disgust. The hourlong film explored the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn., which contains a large population of Islamophobes.
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Column: Yemen is a political mess that is worth fixing
The international community must earnestly thank Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi for his ability to be the perfect scapegoat.
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United Kingdom puts new restrictions on student visas
Calling it "a symbol of a broken and abused immigration system," the United Kingdom announced that it would cut over 25 percent of the number of visas issued to foreign citizens.
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Tanzania is where the heart is: students partner with non-profit to raise HIV awareness
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, often spreads within Tanzanian families due to misconceptions about contraceptives and the spread of the virus.
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Disaster-struck Japan faces power gap for months
TOKYO — The term “rolling blackouts” has become shorthand for noting one way Japan is trying to cope with its national calamity. Shorthand should not be confused with short term.
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Column: Separate Libya from Iraq
As the United States becomes deeper involved in its third war in a Muslim state, comparisons with the war in Iraq are inevitably made.