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...Stretching from this highly activist period of the campus’s history through two committee revisions and numerous iterations, right up to the present—when some of the key figures behind its development appear to be wondering if it might be time for a change—the evolution of the council represents an ongoing process in determining how students can best govern their own. That process may well continue for some time...
Apple and Google just can't stand to be apart. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced this week that Apple TV will soon play YouTube videos. Google recently unveiled a desktop search program especially for Mac users. And Google tools increasingly appear to be a key part of the secret sauce behind Apple's signature new gadget, the iPhone, set for release in June...
Shell and BP have taken bigger risks than ExxonMobil in this latter zone, with mixed results. And while the state-owned companies appear to have lots of oil, they're generally less adept at getting it out of the ground quickly than the private Western oil giants. All of which appears to mean that today's gasoline prices, unlike those of the 1980s, won't be returning to earth anytime soon...
...putsch - was found guilty of electoral fraud stemming from annulled elections last spring. The Tribunal barred more than 100 executives from the party leadership from engaging in political activity for five years after finding that TRT had illegally bankrolled smaller parties in order to make the April 2006 elections appear legitimate. (Separate charges against the main opposition Democrat Party were dismissed, strengthening upcoming electoral hopes for the country's oldest political party.) "This is very important as a step in curing Thailand's chronic political illness: electoral fraud," says Sunai Phasuk, the Thai representative for Human Rights Watch...
...Thailand's ruling military junta has promised fresh elections by the end of this year. But TRT, a party that made history by capturing the biggest-ever mandate in a Thai election, will not appear on the ballot. Although lower-level TRT figures are free to form a new party, TRT's leadership coterie appears to have been sidelined from politics by the five-year ban. Even before Wednesday's ruling, Thaksin, from his overseas exile, had vowed to quit politics. Many Thais, however, believed he might attempt a political comeback. Last month, the former Prime Minister was awarded...