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...Jackson was scheduled to testify this morning. The reclusive pop star originally asked to appear by video link from Los Angeles, citing an unspecified illness, but agreed to travel after doctors gave him the all clear. Court officials anticipated so much interest in Jackson's appearance that they took the unusual step of issuing admission tickets to media outlets that hoped to cover the case...
...segment of the larger pep rally event, it should have been prepared for the possibility that students might show up prepared to act as they would at a regular Girl Talk concert. It should have made these expectations—of drunken, unwieldy, and massive crowds—clear to HUPD, which could have worked to keep the concert safe without shutting it down entirely. HUPD, too, should have been more willing to respond flexibly to unexpected conditions and engage in active crowd control on the night of the show. Ultimately, these particular mistakes are a sign of the CEB?...
...army, which seems to be one of the most destabilizing and brutal elements in the conflict? We do not have an alliance with the Congolese army. We are a U.N. peacekeeping force [acting] in support of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo). But it is clear that the FARDC is becoming part of the problem, not part of the solution. It's clear the army is disintegrating. That's one of the big dilemmas for us. We came out to Congo with a certain function - to reinforce the authority of the state...
...Chris Roswess gained possession right in front of the Crimson goal and poked the ball past freshman goalkeeper Austin Harms. The ball dribbled towards the goal-line, carrying Harvard’s season with it. But with the Crimson inches away from elimination, sophomore Robert Millock was able to clear the ball off the line.Just two minutes later, junior Andre Akpan scored, giving Harvard (12-5) a 1-0 victory and sending the Crimson through to the second round.Senior John Stamatis found Akpan out wide on the right, peeling off the back line. Akpan ran at the defender...
...since the March anti-China protests there. Only 1,000 Tibetan refugees have arrived in Dharamsala so far this year, compared to about 2,500 last year, according to Mingyur Youdon, deputy director of the reception center for new arrivals; since March, only 150 have come. That's a clear sign, she says, that the Chinese have tightened security at the border. At talks held in July, the first since the March protests, the Dalai Lama says he saw that negotiations with China had become untenable. "Their attitude was much hardened," he said. But his first priority in deciding whether...