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...Among them was Bilal Mahmoud, known as Abu Jandal. When Lebanese troops crushed the Dinnieh rebels, Bilal was captured and jailed. He was released in summer 2005 in a general amnesty for the Dinnieh rebels. His family and friends say he returned to the family home in Tebbaneh and spent a quiet life, attending mosque and reading...
...famous guide for years, they were 8,000 ft. below him, in the relative safety of a mountainside campsite. Hall, on the other hand, was 400 ft. shy of Everest's 29,028-ft. summit--the highest peak in the world--stuck on an outcrop where he had spent the night after a sudden blizzard pounded the mountain. The situation was probably not survivable, and yet the other climbers were determined to help Hall live through it. "Think about Thailand," Viesturs said. "Once you come down, we'll tour the beaches and finally see those skinny legs of yours...
...Obama has been committed to this transformation since long before he arrived on Capitol Hill. Pundits who call Obama inexperienced don’t count the time he spent as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, steering its 80 editors through contentious debates and moving them beyond petty power struggles. Nor do they take note of the time he spent as a community organizer on the south side of Chicago, empowering people who had no means of ensuring a better future. They don’t count the eight years he spent in the Illinois State Senate...
...This term, Senator Obama has spearheaded initiatives to demand governmental accountability. He fought to allow all Americans to see exactly how their money is being spent, and demanded that senators no longer be able to request legislative earmarks anonymously. He worked with Senator Russ Feingold to implement common-sense ethics reforms, preventing members of Congress from accepting gifts from lobbyists and restricting the revolving door between lobbying firms and Capitol Hill. And that commitment has extended to the campaign trail, where he does not accept any campaign contributions from lobbyists or interest groups...
Murray attended both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School before joining the Harvard faculty in 1991. He also spent five and a half years at the World Health Organization...