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After 43 Days, Gillis Released by Libyan Authorities

By Heng Shao  • 

After 43 days of detention by the Libyan authorities, Harvard graduate and freelance journalist Clare M. Gillis was finally released on Wednesday and moved to Rixos Hotel in Tripoli.


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Vigil To Be Held for Clare Gillis

By Heng Shao  • 

Friends and family of Clare M. Gillis, a Harvard graduate and freelance reporter who has been held by the Libyan government for over a month, will gather for a candlelight vigil tonight to demand her immediate release.


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Friends Rally for Detained Journalist

By Heng Shao  • 

Friends of Clare M. Gillis—Harvard graduate and freelance journalist—urged for more action to bring back captured journalists in Libya at an event on Tuesday.


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Detained Journalist Calls Home Again

By Heng Shao  • 

Three weeks after being captured in Libya, freelance journalist and Harvard graduate Clare M. Gillis was allowed to make a second phone call home Tuesday morning.


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Jailed in Libya, Harvard Graduate and Journalist Clare Gillis Talks to Parents

By Heng Shao  • 

Clare M. Gillis, a recent Harvard graduate who was reporting on the Libyan civil war, was finally allowed to call home last Thursday, marking her first contact with the outside world more than two weeks after being captured in Libya.


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Gillis Expected To Call From Libya

By Heng Shao  • 

Clare M. Gillis, Harvard graduate and freelance reporter who was captured in Libya two weeks ago, may be allowed to call home this week.


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Gillis Still Hostage in Libya

By Nadia L. Farjood and Heng Shao  • 

Gillis was detained outside the city of Brega, where a car carrying Gillis and three other journalists was taken over by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.


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Harvard Graduate Held Hostage in Libya

By Heng Shao  • 

Clare Morgana Gillis, an Atlantic reporter in Libya who completed her Ph.D. in medieval history this spring at Harvard, was captured by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi last Tuesday outside Brega, a city currently controlled by the Libyan government and plagued by intense fighting.


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Student Recommendation Letters Accidentally Viewable to Others

By Heng Shao  • 

Because of a loophole in a computer system, fellowship applicants have been able to access their own and other students’ recommendation letters submitted to the Office of Career Services—making available what are supposed to be confidential documents on a wider basis than previously believed.


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OCS Launches Summer Fellowship for Seniors

By Heng Shao  • 

The Office of Career Services has recently launched a new fellowship program supporting Harvard seniors who plan to travel purposefully in Europe during the summer after graduation.

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