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...night of Sept. 17-18, according to an Australian Defence Force spokesman, a special forces patrol was moving to "conduct a planned activity" when it was fired on. The Australians "fired back in self-defense." The ADF spokesman says "a number of groups" including Afghan police were involved in the fight, which left three Afghans dead. He says the Australians appear to have followed their rules of engagement, and their actions were "appropriate and proportionate in what was a complex and lethal environment...
...magnitude of Lincoln's collapse and the fraud charges later brought against Keating led the Senate Ethics Committee to launch an investigation into the conduct of the five Senators - now known as the Keating Five - who were thought to have improperly intervened with regulators to protect a campaign contributor. The investigation began in November of 1989 and lasted nearly two years. All five Senators denied improper conduct, claiming that it was Keating's status as a constituent rather than as a donor that motivated their actions; although when Keating was asked whether his financial support had influenced the Senators...
...bioengineering of the future,” as Provost Steven E. Hyman called it, will bring major benefits to mankind. Fortunately, Mr. Wyss has the foresight—and the funds—to finance this initiative. Harvard, like most research universities, depends on federal funding to conduct research. In 2007, Harvard received $329 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest source of federal funding for research. Over the past eight years, the Bush administration has repeatedly tightened the purse strings of the NIH; today only one in every four grant application is funded. Federal...
...same poverty and squalor they endured under apartheid; the unemployment rate is 23.1% and rises far higher in many black townships. The ANC has long prided itself on its internal unity and discipline, but the Mbeki-Zuma power struggle has seen both factions cross traditional boundaries of acceptable conduct. Mbeki is accused of using the national prosecutor's office against his adversary (as well as of intervening to prevent the prosecution of key allies), while Zuma's supporters threatened violence against those who stand in his way. Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused the ANC of betraying the promise...
...cafeteria every two weeks, the offerings include staples -such as bread, canned vegetables and soup - in addition to a rotating list of college student favorites, including microwave popcorn and baking mixes. Each pick-up day 10 or 15 student volunteers help package food, stock shelves and serve customers. They conduct interviews to see how much food to give out - if a customer has a family to support, he or she gets more - but almost never turn someone away. "Someone who is not on a tight budget is probably not going to go through the hassle," says Kristin Moretto...