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This year marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the 50th anniversary of his death. Both events are being commemorated by a bid to spark fresh interest in the Nobel-prizewinning physicist, who was named TIME's Person of the Century in December 1999. "Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a lateral thinker, pacifist, cosmopolite and visionary," says Gerd Weiberg, head of Germany's Einstein Year celebrations. Here are some highlights of Einstein-related happenings around Europe...
...ancient rivalries that perpetually plague relations between Japan and its neighbors never stay submerged for long. The bonhomie has evaporated in recent weeks after Japan renewed a campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council alongside China. Although Japan's bid received an endorsement from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, South Korea's ambassador to the U.N. told reporters that the world's second-largest economy was not entitled to a permanent seat because it "lacks the confidence of neighboring countries." In China, opposition to Japan's U.N. bid started out as an Internet petition drive that gathered...
...support. An incursion into Japanese waters last November by a Chinese submarine was applauded on many mainland websites as a sign of growing Chinese power. In recent weeks, several nationalist websites that were previously shut down by Beijing have been allowed to campaign against Japan's U.N. Security Council bid, signaling that China might use a populist outpouring as a rationale for blocking Japan's membership. In Beijing last Saturday, thousands of anti-Japan protesters were allowed to march to the Japanese embassy, where they threw bottles and demanded a boycott of Japanese goods...
...Crimson, as if dazed by the big blast, delayed in putting pressure on Yale starter Peggy Hunt, and by the time it had built offensive momentum, the comeback bid was short on time...
...Hampshire forward Daniel Winnik’s redirection with 4:54 left to play in overtime at the Mullins Center on March 26 snapped a 2-2 tie and pushed the Wildcats past Harvard and into the second round of the NCAA tournament, denying the Crimson’s bid to move beyond the regional semifinals for the first time since...