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...AUTOMOBILES 106 Number of Chinese cities that will limit the use of private vehicles for a day this fall in a bid to promote environmental awareness and mass transit 1,000 Number of private cars added to the streets of Beijing every day. Transport accounts for 20% of China's energy consumption...
...elections [April 30]. There was democracy in Nigeria before, and there can be again. We have not only politicians to blame for this disgraceful situation but also those shortsighted individuals who mastermind ways to rig the voting process-burning electoral offices, stealing and stuffing ballot boxes-all in a bid to make money that won't get them past the weekend. Sheye Lawal, London
With little hope of another surprise NCAA tournament bid and only the chance to reach .500 in league play on the line, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team entered Saturday night’s season finale at Dartmouth with little to prove—to everyone else...
...during the Terri Schiavo spectacle in 2005, when Crist was Florida's elected attorney general. "I told Charlie, 'Look, I've seen the brain scans on that girl,'" says the elder Crist, also a Republican."'There's nothing there anymore.'" Crist backed off helping Bush in his bid to keep Schiavo on life support...
Beier Ko of the Harvard women’s tennis team was invited Wednesday to the 2007 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships in singles. No. 77 Ko earned the Ivy League’s automatic bid as the highest—and only—nationally ranked player in the conference. Ko finished the spring season with a 19-4 record, primarily playing at the top singles spot for the Crimson. Ko took two weeks off in May to compete in New Zealand in the international Fed Cup, where she finished 3-2 playing in the top singles...