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...membership under the name Taiwan. Ma, on the other hand, has promised not to declare Taiwan an independent state, a position that has made it easier for Beijing to cooperate with Taipei. During China's National People's Congress in March, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao dangled an olive branch, saying that Beijing stands ready to "create conditions for ending the state of hostility and concluding a peace agreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait." (Read "Taiwan's Leader Keeps Low Profile Abroad...
...which renders the press release touting a "revolutionary scientific find that will change everything" absolutely true - as long as by "everything," you mean "whether the branch of the primate family that includes monkeys, apes and humans comes from the suborder strepsirrhinae or the suborder haplorrhinae," according to the PLoS One paper. And by "change," you mean "adds information that may or may not help settle the question, but whose implications won't be known for a long time in any case...
...Benefits of Youth. College grads, treat yourself to a cheap present: The discount student travel agency STA Travel is celebrating 30 years of business, offering travelers a chance to score $30 round-trip tickets to London or Paris. The first 20 customers to visit their local STA Travel branch or call 800-360-9273 on Wednesday, May 20, can get a ticket to London or Paris, departing from New York City, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco or Seattle. As with any good deal, there are caveats: You must be under 26 or a currently enrolled student to qualify...
...employee. UAs will continue to work at the FAS IT Help Desk—which will now close at 8 p.m. rather than 10 p.m.—and the Science Center’s basement computer clinic but will no longer answer phone concerns or work at the branch in William James Hall. On Tuesday, current UAs being offered jobs for the fall were sent an e-mail by FAS IT Supervisor of Student Computing Support Jamesley Dasse and Manager of Student Computing Support Lisa Duhaime asking to meet with them within the next two days. Students who were...
...Street Gang, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Mexican Mafia, Nortenos, Surenos, Vice Lords and various white supremacist groups were documented serving at U.S. military installations at home and abroad. The report said the Army had the highest count of gang members in its ranks, partly because it is the largest branch and partly because of relatively lax recruitment requirements...