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...those that have financial aid for international students are a very attractive option. It allows us to be much more competitive,” Fitzsimmons said. Having travelled to China and Vietnam to speak to prospective students last fall, Fitzsimmons affirmed Harvard’s desire to bring in “students from all regions of Asia.” These recruiting trips have grown increasingly important as universities in Asia continue to draw more students from the region with scholarships and improving facilities. A report released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in July showed...
...attempt to bring the ISI firmly under civilian control swiftly backfired last year, while army pressure earlier this year was behind the sacking of the national security adviser and crucial to the reinstatement of the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court. More troubling for Washington is that Zardari's approval ratings have plummeted over the past year, to just 32%, according to the most charitable poll, matching President Pervez Musharraf's levels in his final months. "The general view is that the government is not batting for the country," says Aasiya Riaz, a political analyst...
...swallow the bitter pill of my own defeat, but not the injustice, nor the fact that Afghanistan will be ruled illegitimately for the next five years." This, he says, plays straight into the Taliban's hands. "The Taliban can say that 'It's only us who can bring justice to this country, not Karzai, not the international community.' " (Watch a video of Abdullah on the campaign trail...
...Castros' credit, the truth is that the long-term effects of that sort of nondogmatic fiesta don't always favor systems like Cuba's. Says Daniel Erikson, a senior associate at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington and author of The Cuba Wars: "These kinds of cultural exchanges bring alternative voices that diminish the government's monopoly on information and expression...
...American families, and his Administration is now in talks with Havana about improving immigration and postal service between the two countries. Erikson says the concert by Juanes, who lives in Miami, was a reminder of the "soft power tool kit" the U.S. should wield more often. "Obama needs to bring more of that kind of cultural diplomacy back into the arena," he says, "but so far it's taking a backseat...