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...Afghanistan was snuck "past people," Jurgen Trittin, the foreign policy spokesman for the Greens, recently argued. Now, with the Taliban moving into the once peaceful north, where most of Germany's troops are stationed, Germans have to face the fact that their military - a force that saw no action between the end of World War II and 1999, when it joined the coalition to force Serbia out of Kosovo - is fighting a war. (Read: "Germany's Election: Divided They Stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Looking For the Way Ahead | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...first of its kind. MIT launched a tool with a design uncannily similar to Harvard’s several months ago as part of its attempt to cut operating expenses, recognizing that “the work to sculpt a stronger MIT will require collective wisdom and collaborative action...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: FAS To Use 'Idea Bank' Deposits | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...Human Resources, a stranger approached Raj inside a building where he was working and threatened him by name. According to Raj, the man said, “Ravi Raj, you have chosen the wrong path and the wrong union. You should watch out.” Such an action is despicable for its cowardly and bullying nature...

Author: By Megan A. Shutzer | Title: Intimidation at Work | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

Megan A. Shutzer ’10, a Crimson editorial writer, is a social studies concentrator in Dudley House. She is a member of Student Labor Action Movement. Geoff Carens is a union representative in the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers...

Author: By Megan A. Shutzer | Title: Intimidation at Work | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

...regime's response on Sunday was to flex its military muscle. To shouts of "Allahu akbar," the Revolutionary Guards test-fired short-range missiles to demonstrate that Iran has the necessary arsenal to defend itself. "We are going to respond to any military action in a crushing manner, and it doesn't make any difference which country or regime has launched the aggression," said General Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guard Air Force, according to Iran's state media. The tests were successful, with the short-range missiles hitting their targets, he said. (Read "Iran Standoff: Is a Nuclear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power to Chaos — Tracking Iran's Four-Month Slide | 9/28/2009 | See Source »

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