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Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould: Let's not forget that warlords were brought into the Afghan Government by the ...Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:06AMAccording to a March 16 Reuters article by Peter Graff titled Afghanistan confirms blanket pardon for war crimes, www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62F2LU20100316 Afghanistan's government "has enacted into law...

Money MattersThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:06AMStudents have been the main priority for President-elect Cynthia Anderson since day one at Youngstown State University. Now as the future leader of the university, Anderson hopes her scholarship donation of $100,000 will help solidify this.

Working out the Kinks: For Ray Davies the music goes onThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:05AMIt was in the larger-than-life era of music video when I discovered former Kinks frontman Ray Davies, decades after he had constructed the timeless 1964 rock anthem “You Really Got Me.” The Kinks had just released their 1984 album Word of Mouth, and the clip for “Do It Again” — with Davies at his power-pop best — was in heavy rotation.

Crate and Barrel opens first storeThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:00AM18 March 2010 Al Tayer Trends opens the first Crate and Barrel store in the Middle East in Dubai, also the brand's first venture outside North America.

A bleak outlook for social science?Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 6:54AMSocial science is at the center of every major challenge the world faces, yet faces a tough future, according to a panel of senior academics and politicians speaking in London this week. They were taking part in a debate hosted by the British Academy and SAGE to explore how social science research can strengthen its involvement in policy-making, increase its impact, and combat potential public ...