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...does the Chinese government feel the need to consult its southern neighbors. Beijing has refused to join the Mekong River Commission, which was formed 12 years ago by four other riparian nations. (Burma is also not a member.) "I think China doesn't want to join the commission because then there will be environmental expectations," says the International River Network's Middleton. "But when the biggest country at the source of the river isn't part of the commission, it makes the group basically toothless...
Without the army, the Jewish settlements in Palestinian territory could not exist. The IDF guards the roads leading to the settlements. The senior army commanders consult on a weekly basis with the settlers' council on possible security risks coming from Palestinian militants. In Hebron, where over 500 troops protect the city's settler families, the boundaries between soldier and settler are even more blurred than elsewhere. Six settler families actually live inside a Hebron army outpost, and their illegal presence is tolerated. Officers routinely arrange for a settler to lecture troops on the significance of Hebron to Jewish history, advocating...
...recall, I reported earlier this summer that Benedict Gross had chosen to step down as Dean of Harvard College at the end of this month to return to full-time teaching and research as a member of our Faculty. To provide more time for me to consult with all of you concerning a permanent replacement, I am delighted to announce that Professor David Pilbeam, Henry Ford II Professor of Human Evolution and Curator of Paleoanthropology at the Peabody Museum, has generously agreed to serve as Dean of the College on an interim basis effective September...
...bill already put in motion by their predecessors and due to be debated later this year. Other measures that might be included in the bill are the right to intercept calls and e-mails and to continue questioning suspects after they have been charged. The government has promised to consult on the new law widely and seek consensus on its terms. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human-rights group Liberty, often critical of Blair's approach, praises the new government for "resisting party politics or a knee-jerk rush to the statute books." Bob Marshall-Andrews, a Labour...
...bill already put in motion by their predecessors and due to be debated later this year. Other measures that might be included in the bill are the right to intercept calls and e-mails and to continue questioning suspects after they have been charged. The government has promised to consult on the new law widely and seek consensus on its terms. Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the human-rights group Liberty, often critical of Blair's approach, praises the new government for "resisting party politics or a knee-jerk rush to the statute books." Bob Marshall-Andrews, a Labour...