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...viewing platform, excitement addicts microlight overhead, whitewater raft below or bungee jump betwixt and between. Last summer, 75% of foreign visitors to the falls participated in adventure sports, according to Zambia's National Heritage Conservation Commission. For some of these thrill seekers, the falls aren't even the main attraction but a hazy, shimmering backdrop to the mighty Zambezi River and the challenges it presents. Bundu Adventures, www.bunduadventures.co.za, and Zambezi Safari and Travel, www.zambezi.com, have added river boarding to Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The River Wild | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...outlined reasons. The editorial stated that Bakshi’s ordeal should not concern Harvard because it was self-financed and because, under the current policy, it is debatable whether research in a country like Zimbabwe would be eligible for Harvard funding anyway. This argument ignores the main reason why, last spring, we helped rally 400 students across the campus to call for a more open travel policy. We argued that academic research into global trouble-spots is imperative today, especially as international tensions rise. We, as students, refused to sit idly by, and rallied for support in our efforts...

Author: By Proud Dzambukira and Rangarirai M. Mlambo, S | Title: Harvard Should Not Curb Enterprising Student Travel | 2/3/2006 | See Source »

...nuclear proliferation. The protagonist for such move could be not only the over-stretched U.S., but also Israel, the only nuclear power of the region, and a indefatigable antagonist of Teheran. Yet, such a move would assure full-fledged war with the theocracy, and the latter’s main power lies not in Shehab-3 missiles that can reach Jerusalem, but in the power it has over oil prices, everyone’s Achilles’ heel. Furthermore, leaders like Ayatollah Khamenei thoroughly enjoy dramatic victim roles on the international stage to further domestic support for their despotic dominance...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Iran’s (Artistic) Ambitions | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

Well, unfortunately for Mr. Blum and the rest of Europe, evil is generally quite talented at hiding itself, or at least contorting itself into something unrecognizable. It is easy to forget that the Nazis did not make their genocidal designs the main basis of their foreign policy. Nazi ministers to England, France, and Russia didn’t say, “Ok, so what we really plan to do is start a Second World War, invade your countries, and systematically kill tens of millions because of their religious and ethnic identity. Oh, and we’re going...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: When the Process Doesn’t Work | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

...Administration's main stated argument against the FISA court process is that obtaining warrants beforehand is simply too time-consuming in today's fast-paced world. But if speed were the only issue, there are some relatively easy fixes. The legal standard Justice Department lawyers must meet to obtain a FISA wiretap warrant could be lowered from the current threshold that there's "probable cause" to believe a crime has been committed or about to be committed. The paperwork required with a FISA warrant application could be trimmed. In emergencies, FISA now allows the attorney general to approve a wiretap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Better Way to Eavesdrop? | 2/2/2006 | See Source »

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