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• The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  
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  Mira Nairs adaptation of the bestseller, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is a compelling tale of a man torn between Islamism and capitalism, says Jenny McCartney.        
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• With Approves Increases, Tuition At North Dakota’s Largest Universities Up 115% Since 2002

  
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  Earlier this week the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education went along with a plan for tuition increases promoted by the university presidents and opposed by Chancellor Hamid Shirvani. These are just approved maximums, which technically means that the actual tuition increases might be lower, given the ...
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• Shivani Accuses Critics Of Racism, Says University Presidents Don’t Want Change

  
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  In a column for the Grand Forks Herald , Chancellor Hamid Shirvani takes the gloves off in responding to some of his critics. This is tough medicine a lot of North Dakotans – especially in the political class – aren’t going to want to hear. BISMARCK — It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows ...
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• Whistleblower Politics Are Effective In North Dakota

  
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  I’m beginning to feel a little sorry for North Dakota University System “whistleblower” Linda Porter, a woman who accused embattled Chancellor Hamid Shirvani of manipulating data before a legislative hearing. How did Shirvani manipulate that data? He compared graduation rates and other data points from North ...
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• US and Afghan officials hold talks over pact on 2014 troop withdrawal

  
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  Agreement signed by Karzai and Obama in 2012 has not forestalled uncertainty over future governance of Afghanistan Senior American and Afghan officials held talks on Saturday, to try to iron out the details of a key pact signed a year ago that defines the future of the United States commitment to Afghanistan. The ...
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• Wknd Box Office: The Great Gatsby, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Peeples, Upstream Color

  
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  By Debbie Schlussel Nothing new that’s notable or good at theaters, this weekend. * “The Great Gatsby“: Should have been called, “The Great Glitz-by,” or “The Jay-Z-izing of F. Scott Fitzgerald.” ‘Cuz that’s all it was, a bright, loud, horribly miscast, rushed-and-yet-long 2.5 hours pretending to be ...
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• Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist – An examination of Middle East angst

  
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  Many Americans don’t care how terrorists like the Boston Marathon bombers develop the mindset that leads them to commit their heinous acts – but they should. We’re told that, “they hate our freedom,” but their hatred of the United States really has nothing to do with our liberty. The Reluctant ...
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• Afghanistan: Crackdown on Solidarity Party Appears Aimed at Quashing Public Criticism of Government

  
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  Source: Human Rights Watch(Kabul) – Afghan authorities should investigate the arrests and possible torture of peaceful protesters by security forces in Kabul, Human Rights Watch said today. The abuses appear intended to silence public dissent against the government. On May 2, 2013, hundreds of people participated ...
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• U.S. Soldier Targets a Karzai Portrait, With Rocks

  
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  An American soldier was shipped out of Kunar Province after he was spotted tossing the rocks at a portrait of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.        
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• Dunford Optimistic on Post-Coalition Afghanistan

  
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  Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., who assumed command of the international forces in February, said Afghan forces would step up as the coalition’s war ended.        
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• Local Boxers Chase Their Dreams In Queens

  
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  by Sarah Deming JAMAICA, N.Y.—Fight fans in the outer boroughs have a lot to be thankful for. The Barclays Center has brought pugilistic prestige to Brooklyn , 2012 U.S. Olympian Marcus Browne is putting Staten Island on the map , and Queens is now home to some of the best local cards around, thanks to the ...
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• Afghan, Pakistani forces again clash on disputed border; NATO troops broker truce

  
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  KABUL — Afghan and Pakistani forces exchanged fire along a disputed border Monday, the second clash of its kind in less than a week. Both sides used artillery and mortar rounds in the two-hour skirmish in the Goshta area of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangahar province. The NATO-led International Security Assistance ...
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• Multimillionaire Hamid Karzai

  
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  For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency. All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the ...
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• Food for Despots

  
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  Despots thrive on ignorance. After watching US foreign policy for the past 10 or so years, it is not too far-fetched to say that people get the government they deserve. We have learned this lesson time and time again. First we thought we would be greeted as liberators in Iraq. Then we moved from anti-terrorism to ...
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• Buff Orpington Tournament Quarterfinals

  
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  Judge: Laurel Hicks  Ian McEwan, Sweet Tooth   vs Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia Oh, dear. I didnt really care for either of these books, perhaps because I am just not modern enough for them. My main problem is that they are both filled with what embarrassed Bobby just ...
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• (Politics) CIA: CIA “ghost money” at the heart of why progress in Afghanistan is fleeting at best

  
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  For a clandestine organization,the CIA mistakes are well documented and way too frequent so there should be nosurprise why Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai confirmed reports that the CIAhad “given the Afghan National Security Council tens of millions of dollars inmonthly payments delivered in suitcases, backpacks ...
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• Mira Nair On The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  
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  (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/MiraNair-150x150.jpg)Mira Nair (http://www.mirabaifilms.com/mirabai/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=28)s latest films is The Reluctant Fundamentalist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfC45oq_drU).  The picture is based ...
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• How Dare Hamid Karzai Take Our Money!

  
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  NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams had a most peculiar reaction to revelations that Afghan president Hamid Karzai receives regular deliveries of cash from the Central Intelligence Agency.
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• Faculty Notes: April 2013

  
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  An article titled “Executive Education,” written by David R. Klock, dean, appeared in the April 2013 issue of Brickell Magazine.School of AccountingManny Pravia (MST ’92), adjunct, presented a Federal tax update at the Florida Institute ...
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• Cash for Karzai in suitcases, backpacks, and grocery bags

  
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  Good old Uncle Moneybags is back, but this time his sacks are filled with American money for distribution to cronies and warlords.  From the Wall Street Journal yesterday: Karzai Confirms Accepting CIA Cash Monthly for 10 Years By JUHANA ROSSI in Helsinki and YAROSLAV TROFIMOV in Kabul Afghan President ...
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