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Deadly Stampede At South African University

AP | By DONNA BRYSON | Posted 01.10.2012 | World
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JOHANNESBURG -- Women screamed, but the crowd of South Africans desperate for a chance to study kept pushing at the university gate. Tuesday's stamped...

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University Of Johannesburg Cuts Ties With Ben-Gurion University

AP | JENNY GROSS | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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JOHANNESBURG — A leading South African university is severing ties with Israel's Ben-Gurion University, acting on calls from hundreds of South A...

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Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Qanta Ahmed, MD

Boycotts focus on arresting the most valuable yet vulnerable freedoms: freedom of thought. Like a cluster bomb, boycotts are not particularly surgical in its strike, instead reeking extensive collateral damage.

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