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...national security adviser, stated, “It’s easily explainable and easily understood by the American people.” Yet what the American people will take away from this experience is that McCain’s vote was cast entirely in light of his bid for the Republican nomination. He is uncharacteristically siding with the president on the issue of torture. This dramatic change in position reflects McCain’s attempt to reach out to President George W. Bush’s many enthusiastic far-right supporters; he is unabashedly trying to solidify his Republican...
...preseason pick to repeat as Ivy champions, fell 68-62 to Dartmouth in Friday’s league playoff game in New York City. Harvard will share the league crown with Cornell and the Big Green, and the Big Red earned the league’s lone NCAA bid in a 64-47 win over Dartmouth yesterday. For Harvard, it was the decisive, crushing blow in a season of incredible expectations in which the Crimson was the odds-on favorite to win the Ivy Championship. Harvard entered the final week of the conference schedule in sole possession of first place...
Each side understood that the months leading up to the Games would be "extremely sensitive," as one diplomat put it. The government knew "from day one," another diplomat told TIME, that "a successful bid for the games would bring an unprecedented - and in some cases very harsh - spotlight" on China and how it is governed. On the other side, everyone from human rights activists to independence seeking dissidents in Tibet and Xinjiang - "splittists" in the Chinese vernacular - knew they would have an opportunity to push their agendas while the world was watching. "Thought the specific trigger for this in Tibet...
...constitutional court must now vote whether to dismiss or hear the prosecutor's bid to ban the ruling party. In the event of the latter, the AKP has one month to submit a defense and an ensuing case could take several months, losing Turkey much credibility abroad. "The constitutional court should reject the closure demand," wrote Milliyet commentator Hasan Cemal. "Otherwise, Turkey will lose." European governments and the U.S. have criticized the bid...
...hand of the AKP at a time when it under pressure to deal with two pressing issues - the Kurdish conflict in the southeast, and wildly unpopular social security legislation sought by the IMF. Erdogan, a powerful orator, does well as the underdog. He raged publicly against the prosecutor's bid, citing a Koranic verse, "They have ears, but they cannot hear. They have eyes, but they cannot see." He appears less confident when trying to govern from a position of power. Just a few days ago, he denounced millions of workers protesting social security changes as "liars," and told them...