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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


James Foley (Medill ‘08) was captured Nov. 22 in Syria near the country's border with Turkey. His family has not heard from him or his captors since the kidnapping.

Family of Medill alum James Foley, missing in Syria, to host awareness event

April 22, 2013

The family of missing journalist James Foley (Medill ‘08) will raise awareness for his disappearance during World Press Freedom Day in Boston. A May 3 event called “Silenced Voices: When Conflict...

Family asks for information more than 100 days after Foley’s kidnapping

March 4, 2013

The family of James Foley (Medill '08) released another public appeal for information about his whereabouts Monday, more than 100 days after he initially was taken in Syria. Foley, a freelance conflict...

Kamel: As Bush wars draw to a close, Americans need to rethink military policy

Kamel: As Bush wars draw to a close, Americans need to rethink military policy

February 26, 2013

After more than a decade at war, American troops are finally coming home from Afghanistan with combat missions expected to be complete by 2014. Similarly, the last American troops left Iraq in December...

Global Paradigm Project: Biden addresses future of US-EU relations during recent trip to Germany

February 11, 2013

Earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden made a short visit to Berlin on his way to the Munich Security Conference. Many Europeans hoped that he, as a representative of President Barack Obama’s...

The family of James Foley (Medill '08), who was kidnapped in Syria in November, announced Tuesday that they will use social media in Syria and the surrounding area to attempt to seek information on his whereabouts.

Family turns to Syrian social networks for information about James Foley

February 6, 2013

The family of freelance journalist James Foley (Medill '08) announced Tuesday they were turning to social media websites in Syria and the surrounding region for information about his location, 75 days...

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