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...paramilitary massacres peasants, human rights workers, and left-wing activists at will, without fear of reprisal, and often with the tacit consent of Colombian security forces. While the State Department insists that no violators of human rights benefit from U.S. assistance, the accountability of an inept and abusive Colombian military is far from assured. Currently, 10 soldiers are under investigation for committing human rights abuses themselves, and many more cases have been hushed up. Given the Colombian military's extremely poor human rights record, the reality is that we have no way of knowing whether our aid reaches human rights...
DIED. ALLEN DRURY, 80, former Washington reporter who turned political insight into fictional intrigue when he wrote the 1960 Pulitzer prizewinning novel Advise and Consent; in Tiburon, Calif. The best-selling book drew on Drury's years as a New York Times correspondent and portrayed the machinations surrounding the nomination of a new Secretary of State. He published 18 more novels, most pertaining to the inner workings of the capital...
...course, they could not have done so without the consent of the man most responsible for the mess, Boris Yeltsin. As the economy crumbled around him, the physically and politically ailing President was more isolated than ever, humiliated and dismissed as irrelevant. Former supporters abandoned him, and some in the outgoing government even raised doubts about the loyalty of his staff. No longer hinting at the possibility of a third term, Yeltsin was left struggling to convince the Russian political establishment that he should serve out the last two years of his term...
...been examining more permanent optionsfor the Admissions Office and GSAS ever sinceRadcliffe announced it would not consent to along-term lease...
Typically, when large contributions are made the Development Office responds by seeking the donor's consent and then publicizing the donation, Sorenson says. But, she adds, "this is not something we've focused on to date" with gifts from Asia...