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...visits, everybody knows your name - especially Mark Victor and Thomas Cressaty, the journalists turned restaurateurs who opened L'Atmo (as the regulars call it) in 2004. On Thursday nights - the start of the Kabul weekend - the poolside bar bursts with an eclectic gathering of security analysts, foreign correspondents, diplomats, aid workers and miscellaneous adventure seekers chattering in multiple languages. If Star Wars were to be remade in Afghanistan, the bar scene where Han Solo encounters - and kills - a bounty hunter would take place at L'Atmo...
...Nobel Peace Prize for his rapprochement with the North. North Korea stands to gain even more from détente: a thaw in frosty relations with the U.S.; a potential end to the Korean War, which has technically endured for more than a half-century; and a development-aid package that could keep its decrepit economy limping a while longer. Kim has been more pliable of late: at six-party talks in Beijing late last month, North Korea agreed to dismantle its nuclear facilities and disclose the scope of its nuclear program by the end of the year. Yet history...
...university student of ecology and evolutionary biology, I would prefer that the Arctic remain largely unspoiled [Oct. 1]. But since exploitation of this increasingly accessible area is inevitable, substantial fees should be imposed on corporations and nations that profit. Moneys collected could aid conservation and ameliorate poverty. But it's more likely that we will see the traditional unholy alliance of nationalism and greed. Fred Drumlevitch, Tucson, Ariz...
...Reich rejected the idea that a change in policy would decrease donations enough to hurt Harvard’s financial aid program...
...What they ought to be doing, if they really want these institutions to be more equitable in their distribution, is to increase the tax benefits of individuals who support scholarship aid,” said Peter D. Hall, a lecturer on nonprofit organizations at the KSG. He described the editorial as “simple-minded” and “unworthy of Reich...