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...impact in Beijing. The Chinese, says Joshua Kurlantzick of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "are beginning to understand that some of their policies in Africa are turning people off" and have quietly turned to the U.S. and Britain for help in devising foreign-aid policies. A former senior U.S. official says Chinese officials have been closely monitoring the growing international distaste over its support for the Sudanese government. Congressman Lantos says younger Chinese diplomats "are embarrassed that the Chinese government is prepared to do any business with Sudan for oil despite what is happening...
...Some of the Islamists have vowed a guerrilla war against the new government, which they deride as a puppet of Ethiopia and the U.S. On top of all that, a double disaster of summer drought followed by December floods has left more than 500,000 Somalis dependent on foreign aid for their livelihoods...
...University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Louisville is joining more than two dozen other schools that have begun promising a free education - books, tuition, and room and board - to students from poor families. Students accepted at Louisville who meet income guidelines will be guaranteed that if federal aid won't cover their costs - all of them - the universities will make up the difference. Schools like Miami of Ohio and UNC-Asheville have adopted similar programs...
...Officials at Louisville and North Carolina say universities are trying to get the message out that poor students can still afford college even as tuition is increasing and federal aid is shrinking. "It's like buying a car. There is a big difference between the sticker price and what you actually pay," Ramsey said. "We think there is a lot of aid that these students already qualify for, but they are being scared away from even applying. By guaranteeing they can go to school for free, we're hoping more of them will take the time to apply...
...federal poverty threshold. Since then it has expanded the income cutoff to 200% of the poverty line, and the school currently has about 900 students attending cost-free. "All of us in higher education have been concerned about access and affordability," said Shirley Ort, director of scholarships and student aid at Chapel Hill. "But we did this frankly to simplify our message. With all the media focus about spiraling college costs, we were afraid too many students were being scared away...