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Sugarman’s HHRA campaign primarily focuses on the unjust retention of political prisoners by the Burmese military government, which has held power for 19 years. Among those prisoners is Nobel Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi, who was elected Prime Minister of Burma in 1990 but was never allowed to take office. One difficulty Sugarman’s group faces is that activism in the U.S. can yield few concrete results, as the U.S. has very little sway in Burma. However, the HHRA still believes strongly in remaining informed of the country’s political strife...
With spring break now in the rear-view mirror and second semester kicking into high gear, the Harvard sailing team competed in the busiest weekend so far of its young spring campaign this past Saturday and Sunday. The co-ed squad took part in three regattas and the women’s contingent also hit the waters for one competition...
...Every day I say ‘Yes! I’m at college! More college today!’” says Novey, who worked on a congressional campaign during his gap year and then became a congressional staffer when his candidate won the election. “You could go weeks without seeing a girl your age in D.C. It teaches you to appreciate that you have a built-in social scene...
...agreed to. Earlier this month, 175 nations met in Qatar to discuss the fates of various endangered species, with the U.S., Europe, all scientific opinion and the best interests of the fishing nations all on the side of a respite in commercial bluefin-tuna fishing. Japan orchestrated a campaign to defeat the proposal, in much the same way the U.S. did its level best to put the kibosh on emissions reduction at Kyoto some years ago - approaching the conference in bad faith and determined, come hell or high water, not to address the problem. (See "A Move to Save...
...Bush, but Obama's team of Afghan advisers came in believing that the President, who showed little skill or enthusiasm for reining in the warlords and corrupt technocrats, was part of the problem rather than the solution. Karzai's mistrust of Washington grew during last fall's presidential campaign, when he became convinced - with good reason - that U.S. State Department officials were mounting a last-minute charge to champion other candidates...