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...away from recognizing one for the sake of political expedience. We are also disappointed that leadership of the recognition of the Armenian genocide has largely been left to politicians by academics. Academia aspires to question all orthodoxies in the name of the truth; the Armenian genocide is one area in which it has fallen woefully short...
...southern section of Virunga where the gorillas reside is strategically important to the rebels; the area was also attacked in January, when rebels allegedly killed then ate two of the silverbacks - a shocking act since conservationists say that mountain gorillas are usually not eaten. A total of 10 gorillas are known to have been killed this year, including a female gorilla killed execution-style. Two gorillas are still missing...
...flared up again in the chaotic Democratic Republic of the Congo and the endangered mountain gorillas are in the crossfire. Only 700 mountain gorillas, the males known for their moonlit silver-haired backs, exist. More than half live in Virunga National Park, a conservation area in eastern Congo that stretches into bordering Uganda and Rwanda. But last weekend rebels loyal to the dissident Congolese general Laurent Nkunda, took over the last protected section of the gorilla habitat in the park, raising questions over the fate of this last known population of the great apes. "The rangers were forced to flee...
...meticulous searching, which involves asking visitors to take their laptops out and to remove books from their bookbags, so he can flip through them. AlliedBarton security guard Aryt Alasti, on shift Wednesday night and yesterday morning said that the line, which at times stretched into the shelving area, occurs because too many students leave at the same time to catch shuttles. “This has always been the case during library hours,” Alasti said, while Fasci commented on the “bursty nature” of the lines. Fasci has worked for AlliedBarton since last...
...that if the water level of the reservoir reaches its planned height of 165 meters next year, it will bring tributaries of the Yangtze River under even greater environmental threat. "Now it's a good time to review the problems that have arisen," he says, "before a larger flooded area brings an even bigger impact on the tributaries...