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...alliance of Somali nationalist rebels, the UIC and separatist Ethiopian rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front. In July the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia, based in Nairobi, said Eritrea was supplying Somali insurgents with "huge" amounts of arms. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed serious concern about a military buildup along the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, where the U.N. has had peacekeepers since 2001. In Somalia, a small African Union peacekeeping force of 1,600 Ugandans is charged with keeping the factions apart. On Nov. 23, the U.S. State Department said it was committed to resolving the "political...
...Board, its processes, and its transparency are a pressing concern to undergraduates. Though Harvard may not be a democracy, students should have a voice on issues that so seriously impact them. The College’s attention to this concern is crucial to build unity and trust between the administration and the students. Dean Pilbeam should recognize this by including students on the currently ridiculously secretive Ad Board reform committee...
...campaigns finally decided to show up after Florida Republicans and party strategists voiced their concern about the perception that the candidates were dissing the conservative "netroots" activists who have encouraged their side's leaders to embrace the Internet's technology and ethos. How the candidates handle both the format and the interactions with "real" people will be closely watched...
...injuries (five serious) among officers have been reported since the rioting began Sunday afternoon, when two teenage residents of Villiers-le-Bel died after their motorcycle collided with a police car. But with the initial attacks on Sunday night having spread to five outlying suburbs during clashes Monday, concern is now rising that rioting may wind up spreading across the nation as it did in 2005 if it manages to ignite resentment bottled up in other French projects...
...large photograph of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and framed, centuries-old correspondence between popes and Persian monarchs, including a Nov. 16, 1561, letter in Latin from Pope Pius V to Shah Tahmasp I. The current No. 2 official at the embassy, Vice-Ambassador Ahmad Fahima, said that despite some concern last year about the Pope's provocative speech about Islam in Regensburg, Germany, "relations between Iran and the Holy See are very good." Last April's release of 15 British sailors held by Iran - a decision that Ahmadinejad called "an Easter gift" - came just a day after the Pope had sent...