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...commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) surrendered on May 18--a boon to President Alvaro Uribe. Nelly Avila Morena--who went by the nom de guerre Karina--said FARC, which has been trying to overthrow the government for some 40 years, has been "decimated." The group now includes about 9,000 rebels, compared with an estimated 17,500 in 2002. Two of its most senior officials were killed in March. Morena's surrender is seen as a major blow to the organization's morale...
...Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation, referred to potential investors as "punters," as if by buying Safaricom shares they were betting on a racehorse, or a particularly promising poker hand. "There has been a lot of education, people are now aware of what it means to own shares," said Rina Karina, a corporate finance and research analyst at Faida Investments, which helped orchestrate the IPO. "But even there, the reason for the purchase of the shares is not for long-term investment but more for quick gains...
...these music promos have more in common with groundbreaking short cinema than commercial flash.” But do they really? At last Saturday’s “Global Selection” screening, a few of the videos on display lived up to their high-art billing. Karina Garcia Casanova’s video for the song “Disown, Delete” by the Ensemble featuring Cat Power accompanied Cat Power’s breathy, threatening vocals with grainy, slow-motion video footage of hurricanes in action. As the song swelled to a kind of breathing...
...Interphase, MIT’s orientation program, brings together about 70 students the summer before freshman year for a head start on physics, writing, and calculus, says Karina I. Vielma, the dean of MIT’s Office of Minority Education...
...KHARA: With its crisp kurta shirts and hand-printed scarves, Khara, tel: (66) 5321 1067, will satiate your inner hippie and eco-warrior. Owner Karina Vestergaard, a Danish art curator and textile enthusiast, sells mostly handmade products using organic fabrics and natural dyes. She also sources directly from villages in Nepal and Thailand to ensure that money goes straight to the communities...