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...According to the petition’s central text, “Inauguration Day is a federal holiday (for DC-area employees) and, more importantly, a deeply meaningful time for Americans all over, young and old, Republican and Democrat. This year is an especially historic moment in which we deserve the right to fully participate, and we are asking for institutional support from Harvard College and the Registrar’s Office...
...regularly published on Indian front pages with nary a raised eyebrow, certainly makes for more interesting media. Even Americans used to Bush’s chats with Bono might be shocked by the spectacular and celebrity-saturated character of Indian journalism. Opinionated, snappily-written news stories are a central part of this culture.But this very chumminess, this congenial and unabashed insertion of a viewpoint, is what makes the Indian media’s warmongering ways so risky. The ideal of true journalistic objectivity, fact firmly squared off from value judgments, may be just that—idealistic. But newspaper readers...
...fury of many other anti-apartheid activists, however, she opposed the central plank of the worldwide anti-apartheid campaign - economic sanctions against South Africa - arguing that they hurt blacks more than whites. And while she earned the admiration and friendship of Mandela - in 1997 Mandela praised her "courage born of the yearning for freedom" and "hatred of oppression, injustice and inequity whether the victim be oneself or another" while awarding her a gold medal of honour - she did not flinch from criticizing his African National Congress (A.N.C.) once they won power. (See pictures of Mandela...
...most organized, effective and brutal terrorist groups in the world. They invented the suicide vest and, according to the FBI, are the only terrorist group to have assassinated two world leaders. The rebels, based in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, have been waging a violent offensive against the central government on and off for more than 20 years. Federal forces recently announced they had captured the Tigers' capital, Kilinochchi, but it's a safe bet that, regardless of territory lost or possibly dwindling ranks, the guerillas will not give up their fight willingly...
...Once I ran into him outside of class in Central Square with my six-month-old son, Samuel,” she wrote in an e-mail. “And Clarel was so excited to see Samuel. It was very sweet...