Word: agreement
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...better." Actually, that was me. I'm sure many others will have made much the same point by now. Twitter often reminds users how many different viewpoints there are on a subject. The Nobel Committee has achieved something of a first by bringing the fractious Twitterverse into such widespread agreement. They almost deserve a Peace Prize...
...Palestinian state, the sharing of Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that his government won't negotiate about Jerusalem or refugees, and his Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, was revealed this week to have warned that any attempt to reach a final peace agreement "in the coming years" was doomed to fail and that the focus should instead be on managing the conflict. (See pictures of the eight months of Obama's diplomatic efforts...
...agreement commits both parties to “do their best efforts” to send and receive at least 50 participants per year. In academic year 2008-2009, there were 27 Chilean passport holders enrolled at Harvard who required a visa to enter the U.S. Absent this new fellowship program, Harvard expected 25-30 Chileans to be enrolled. In effect, the agreement calls for doubling the number of Chileans at Harvard. Of the 27 Chileans at Harvard as of last full count, 14 were in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which is also the likeliest future beneficiary...
...very least, “intriguing”, is a quality most audience members, both those in agreement and against Waldron’s views, attributed to the lecture...
...nuclear reactor 15 years ago. Still, Chávez says the country needs alternatives, and has struck a deal to receive nuclear-fuel-technology aid from Russia, Venezuela's top arms supplier. "We're not going to make an atomic bomb," Chávez said after announcing the Russia agreement, "so don't bother us the way you're bothering Iran...