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...Indeed, mainland officials have taken steps to quietly encourage international opposition to the proposal. Part of their cautious approach, says Yang, is to let the U.S. take a lead role in opposing a referendum on U.N. entry. Shortly after Chen announced plans for the referendum U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that the U.S. "opposes any initiative that appears designed to change Taiwan's status unilaterally. This would include a referendum on whether to apply to the United Nations under the name Taiwan." He added that "we do not support Taiwan's membership in international organizations that require statehood...
Indeed, mainland officials have taken steps to quietly encourage international opposition to the proposal. Part of their cautious approach, says Yang, is to let the U.S. take a lead role in opposing a referendum on U.N. entry. Shortly after Chen announced plans for the referendum U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that the U.S. "opposes any initiative that appears designed to change Taiwan's status unilaterally. This would include a referendum on whether to apply to the United Nations under the name Taiwan." He added that "we do not support Taiwan's membership in international organizations that require statehood...
...dropped by almost 50% in roughly a year, coming down to about 26 per day. Those gains have brought praise from military commanders in Iraq and even the White House. But Owens feels the strategy of putting tribes in the lead of fighting insurgents isn't the right approach for his area, where Sunni guerillas are stepping up their attacks even...
Still, few seem willing to write off the experiment altogether, given the lack of alternative strategies in Iraq. Owens applies the approach in halting degrees, encouraging sheiks to organize tribal area watches to ward off insurgents. But at the same time Owens warns them not to venture far beyond their tribal homesteads with groups of armed men. In Baghdad, some tribal leaders are still actively working with U.S. military leaders to find a tribal solution to the violence still ripping at the capital every...
...multi-national companies with connections to Sudan, we focus on two or three dozen," Millenson said. "Divestment is only effective when everyone is working for the same thing, and Harvard is missing out by categorically rejecting a criteria-based approach...