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...ethics inquiry had centered on allegations that the economist violated Harvard conflict-of-interest rules by making private investments in the Russian economy while advising a federally funded and Harvard-run aid program in the country...
...book Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program by British investigative journalist Stephen Grey. The complex arrangement was part of the CIA's sprawling practice of extraordinary renditions, the secret transfer of terror suspects to hidden prisons across the world - which has involved the aid of numerous foreign governments and the knowledge of key Western European allies, according to the book, which was shown to TIME by the author. After U.S. officials long refused to confirm the CIA's secret detention of terror suspects abroad, President Bush last month admitted that terror suspects had been transferred abroad...
...strikes against the U.S. - only Israel is in its bomb sights, Hamas says. That position has been reinforced by the argument of more moderate elements in Hamas that if the movement acted in a reasonable manner, the U.S. and Europe would eventually be persuaded to release funds and foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority blocked last March after Hamas assumed office...
Some believed that the group would become more moderate once in power. That hasn’t happened. By repeatedly refusing to recognize Israel, renounce violence, and honor previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements—the conditions set by the West for restarting the flow of millions of dollars in aid and the transfer of taxes collected by Israel to the Palestinian Authority—Hamas has prolonged the suffering of the Palestinians and showed the world just how extreme it has become...
...referendum before the Palestinian people about what to do. In reality, he has only one viable option. Palestinians have already expressed their outrage at the government through mass protests, and organizing new elections will take time. The longer Hamas retains control of the parliament, the longer aid will be frozen and the more volatile the situation will become...