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...year, China detained 25 Vietnamese fishermen found near the Paracels, who were released only after weeks of demonstrations in Vietnam. Chinese officials also allegedly pressured multinational oil companies to eschew tying up deals with Hanoi to explore for resources in the South China Sea, or, as Vietnam calls it, Bien Dong (East Sea). (See pictures of the China-Vietnam border...
...shelves stocked with Western versions of traditional North African fare, like microwaveable couscous or ready-made tagine. Those are things French Muslims still prefer to make themselves. Instead, what they're snapping up are more exotic dishes like lasagna, beef Bourguignonne and hachis Parmentier - à la halal bien...
...Health Organization's criteria for female genital mutilation as "procedures that intentionally alter or injure female genital organs for non-medical reasons." This kind of cosmetic surgery can interfere with advocates' ability to fight forced ritual mutilation in places like Africa, where the practice is still common, says Taina Bien-Aimé, executive director of international women's rights watchdog Equality Now. Designer vaginas "are considered reasons for not throwing stones, so to speak, at other cultures," she says...
...surprised when I told him I was from the United States, and he told me that my Spanish was “bastante bien”—good enough. If my Spanish has really improved during my short time here, then that’s bastante bien for me. —Victoria B. Kabak '09, a Crimson news executive, is a social studies concentrator in Kirkland House...
...Treasury Secretary, ''his career had him in every hot spot there was outside of Russia.'' His first test came as a 22-year-old Navy ensign, when he helped devise a plan (called off at the last moment by Eisenhower) to relieve the ill-fated French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Subsequent postings took him to Beirut, as well as ambassadorships in Zaire, Somalia and Pakistan. His dead-serious demeanor, reflected in his craggy, Lincolnesque features, makes Oakley a poor companion for swapping jokes or, as one old friend put it, ''having him over to the house...