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...have exploded out of their besieged enclave, it may be up to Israel to seal up the border again, since the Egyptians are showing no signs of doing so. Israel had put the economic squeeze on Gaza's 1.5 million people - a policy described as "collective punishment" by many aid organizations - hoping it would turn the Palestinians against Hamas. But with the siege broken, even if temporarily, Hamas has earned the gratitude of hungry Palestinians and reinvigorated its popularity in Gaza...
...recent expansion in financial aid programs, Fitzsimmons said last month that the number of students accepting Harvard’s offer of admission may rise, forcing the College to accept fewer students...
Harvard also announced a sweeping financial aid initiative on Dec. 10, three weeks before applications for the Class of 2012 were due. But the University said that application numbers were still ahead of last year’s pace even before the overhaul of financial aid was announced...
...Kenyans and East Africans at Harvard and MIT, has established a bank account with the goal of raising $2,500 for immediate relief to be distributed to smaller, grassroots organizations. Warigia M. Bowman, a Harvard graduate student who serves as the secretary for Harvard Kenyans, said that ensuring that aid gets into the right hands can be difficult. As a result, Bowman said the group is identifying organizations that are run by Harvard affiliates. One such group is Orphan Wisdom, a non-profit started by Elizabeth J. A. Siwo-Okundi, a student at Harvard Divinity School, which helps...
...clear sign of international displeasure, the United States has said that it will not allow "business as usual" in the East African nation, and several countries including the U.S. have threatened to suspend development aid if Kenya does not address the political crisis. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack criticized both sides for the violence that has killed more than 600 people. "Both sides bear responsibility for the fact that there is still violence. That violence springs from the fact that there are clashes because of the political deadlock," McCormack told reporters. "More than anything else they need to come together...