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The Commission - using figures from the Denmark-based International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) - has suggested there should be a 25% cut in cod catches for most E.U. waters. Other recommendations include a 32% cut in blue whiting, a 15% cut in North Sea plaice and sole...
Every year in late December, the ministers meet for a marathon session to decide the following year's fishing quotas. The European Commission typically points to scientific evidence showing a collapse in key catches, and suggests that quotas should be slashed across the board. And just as predictably, individual governments...
Bachelet has not hesitated to eat humble pie over Transantiago. She has apologized publicly and, at a recent breakfast with foreign correspondents, said the system's failures caused her "deep pain." The debacle is a particular embarrassment to Chile, which prides itself on being an oasis of order in an...
This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of good judicial sense. In two separate, simultaneously issued rulings, the court determined that federal judges ought to have the freedom to hand down just sentences, even if they contradict federal sentencing guidelines. One of the court’s...
Last week, I acted as moderator for this year’s official Undergraduate Council (UC) Presidential Debate.Debate? There was a debate? Glad you asked. There was, in fact, a debate. It took place Wednesday, Dec. 5, more than 48-hours after voting had started. I don’t...