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Laskey said the DEP, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police, and the Cambridge Police and Fire departments were all involved in the response, but the fire department’s Deputy Chief Gerard E. Mahoney criticized the MWRA for calling them almost three hours after the spill was discovered
...conviction preceded the ruling on Thursday by a Beijing court confirming the Christmas Day 2009 sentencing of Liu Xiaobo, a literary critic who was a chief author of Charter 08, a document that called for the Chinese government to uphold many of the values enshrined in the country's constitution. Like Tan, Liu was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power." Human-rights activists say Liu's 11-year sentence is exceptionally long, and the verdict has prompted an international outcry. U.S. Ambassador to China Jon M. Huntsman Jr. called on the government to release the 54-year-old scholar...
...bring up the June 2009 election, which is still disputed by the opposition - the previous speaker had already done so for him. Opposition websites reported chants of "Death to the dictator" during the speech, but TIME heard no such interruption. (See the rumored rift between Ayatullah Khomeini's chief disciples...
...government has maintained that the general was taken into custody in accordance with correct procedure. Under Army Act section 57, any retired officer or soldier is considered a military officer for six months (after retirement), Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeyawardena told reporters today. Fonseka retired from the post of Chief of Defense Staff on Nov. 12. The government minister also warned that until court proceedings are concluded, any public expression of opinion about the matter is prohibited. "The opposition is trying to get innocent civilians onto the streets to achieve their political ends. They should not put innocent lives...
...Last month, the government executed two people it claimed had participated in opposition demonstrations under the charge of waging war against God. At least nine other people accused of being opposition supporters are on death row. "We are closely watching the activities of the sedition movement," Tehran's police chief, Ismail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, said on Wednesday. "If anyone wants to disrupt this glorious ceremony, they will be confronted." (See pictures of the legacy of Ayatullah Khomeini...