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...Harry, known by his military title Cornet Wales, has been secretly working in Afghanistan since December, coordinating air support for military operations on the ground. Yesterday his secret was revealed and his boss, General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the British army, was quick to praise him. "His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary," said Dannatt. "He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his battle group...
...pharmaceutical companies provide ads for the agency to review before airing, it does not have the authority to enforce this request. An agency spokesperson estimated that only one-third of such ads are actually reviewed by the FDA before airing. A proposal to increase funding for the FDA to conduct more such reviews was rejected last month...
...voluntary Negroes, blacks by choice, African Americans with a recognized right to resign from the race,” he maintains that he sees no reason why an African American should not have their citizenship in Black America “revoked if he chooses a course of conduct that convincingly demonstrates the absence of even a minimal community allegiance.” According to Kennedy, this conduct would include revealing the secrets of a black organization you work for merely out of purposes of self-promotion or supporting a policy that is seriously harmful to African Americans?...
Possibly, but given that archaeologists depend on the goodwill of source nations to conduct their digs, it's not very likely they would cooperate. However, Michael Kremer, a Harvard economics professor, and Tom Wilkening, a grad student at MIT, have another idea. They published a paper last year suggesting that source countries might, in effect, "lease" their treasures to the museums of richer nations on a temporary basis while retaining title to them. The cash produced by such a scheme could be used to beef up site security...
...active trespass warning for all of Harvard University property. The individual then began to yell and put his hands on one of the officers. George E. Despotes, 63, of Cambridge, MA was then placed under arrest and charged with assault and battery on a police officer, trespassing, and disorderly conduct...