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Summers, who considers 25 to 30 senior Faculty appointments each year, focuses on the qualities of scholarship, teaching ability and citizenship in making his appointments, Tompkins said...
...president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), rules over the globe's most popular sport and its unruly passions. Soccer is often called "the simple game" or the "beautiful game," but its administration is neither. FIFA deals with issues ranging from wars, riots, corruption and citizenship to the proper application of the offside rule. And that was just last Sunday. FIFA's top spot is easily one of the world's most influential nongovernmental jobs--and you get tickets to all the best games...
...government thugs had razed a Muslim neighborhood in Kyaukse, a town not far from Mandalay. Ten people had burned to death, including a pregnant woman. Burma is home to anywhere from 2 million to 8 million Muslims?it's impossible to be more accurate because most are denied Burmese citizenship and therefore don't appear in official records. They are often the target of state-orchestrated violence incited (the theory goes) to distract everyone else from their own meager lot. An older Burmese friend reminded me how Ne Win had provoked anti-Chinese riots in 1967 to divert attention from...
After almost a century of second-class citizenship, the Shi'ites are on the threshold of securing a major place in Iraqi politics. Up to now, most seemed to share the Shi'ite establishment's preference for the quietist approach that Sistani espouses: leave politics to the politicians while the clergy serves society's spiritual and social needs. Though the reclusive Sistani has exerted a strong influence over Iraq's temporary, U.S.-picked Governing Council to help ensure that Shi'ites will gain meaningful power for the first time, he has never sought a ruling role. Under his nonviolent guidance...
Ramos, who said he has attacked about 100 women over the past few months, was under a detainer from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the time of his arrest...