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...powerful and confident country spending more and more on its military, its economy booming, its financial power overseas growing," says Jiang of the University of Alberta. "But when Chinese leadership looks at the country they see the exact opposite: weaknesses everywhere from Tibet to Xinjiang, to rising inflation and civil unrest, environmental disasters and corruption. So the overall mentality of the central authorities is very insecure and nervous." Jiang argues that the only way to move toward a solution in Tibet is to negotiate with the Dalai Lama. But he says leaders are now trapped by their own words, which...
...This event was the catalyst for a civil suit against the doctor who treated John Doe No. 5, according to the alleged victim’s lawyer. That doctor was Melvin D. Levine, a former Harvard Medical School professor who served as chief of ambulatory pediatrics for 14 years at Children’s Hospital Boston, one of Harvard’s main affiliated hospitals. Levine has been accused of sexually abusing at least seven boys in his care during his time at the hospital, according to a lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday...
...McCarthy, the work was “pretty intense stuff” involving sheet rocking, installation of insulation, and restoration of floorings and sidings. PBHA also organized an HIV/AIDS assistance trip to New York, restoration trips to Alabama and Mississippi, a health clinic trip to New Orleans, and a civil rights tour in Mississippi. The Harvard Hillel organized a similar service trip to Mexico...
McCarthy said he views the rebuilding of desecrated churches as part of a larger political project committed to civil justice issues, as black churches have been central to black communities...
...topics raised in South African crime novels reflects the trends out on the streets. Margie Orford, author of Like Clockwork and Blood Rose, focuses on the endemic violence against women and children. "I think we are in a state of civil war against women and children and the perpetrators of violent crime are overwhelmingly male," she says. "There is a sense of unbridled misogyny and entitlement...