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...symbol of seclusion, the junta plans to build an international airport to handle over 10 million passengers a year. "They're much less isolationist than we think, although they choose their friends carefully," says Rogers. "Those friends tend to be countries that turn a blind eye to their conduct." (Read "Why Violence Erupted on the China-Burma Border...
...elections were so critical to political stability in Afghanistan - and, therefore, prospects for the U.S.-led military mission - the U.S. and its allies needed them to go smoothly. The U.N. Security Council tasked the U.N. mission in Afghanistan to support the IEC and other Afghan institutions in the conduct of "free, fair and transparent" elections. On two occasions, I started to take action that could have reduced the risk of fraud. In July, I learned that there were 1,500 polling centers (out of a total of 7,000) sited in places either controlled by the Taliban or so insecure...
...expected the U.N. to support elections that would put Afghanistan on a path to democracy and stability, not ones making the military mission incomparably more difficult. It is ridiculous to argue, as senior U.N. officials do now, that the U.N. had no authority to insist that the Afghan authorities conduct honest elections...
...every stage. The e-mail from Professor Rogoff quoted in the Crimson story used text suggested to him by GSAS administrators. Deans Michael Smith and Allan Brandt have expressed their strong support in a recent letter to Professor Rogoff, which states “the allegations about your conduct, described in the article and the mounting mass emails, were without any substance” and concludes, “You are, and always have been, an upstanding member of our community, a wonderful colleague, and a valuable mentor to many students...
...Harvard’s nine other graduate schools, seven reported to The Crimson that they will conduct roughly the same number of open searches as last year—”business as usual,” a spokesperson said...