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For example, British academic Mona Baker dismissed two Israeli academics from the editorial boards of her journals last summer. Her only reason was their nationality. In another instance, the journal Science editorialized over the summer on the unacceptability of researchers refusing to share scientific materials with Israeli colleagues. By convention...
The rinpoche is renowned for his ability to do just that, deftly distilling esoteric concepts even for the uninitiated. His facility with self-deprecating humor and deliberately mundane metaphors makes him a mesmerizing teacher. At a packed lecture in Hong Kong's Convention and Exhibition Center last summer, he told...
Khyentse Norbu's provocative take on Himalayan Buddhist convention is also evident in the way he interacts with his cast and crew. On set, he's the least formal of lamas, sipping water out of a Sesame Street cup and expertly indulging his typically Bhutanese penchant for obscenely dirty jokes...
MEXICO Death Us Do Part The International Court of Justice in the Hague began hearing a case against the U.S. concerning death sentences against 51 Mexican citizens. Mexico alleges the U.S. broke the 1963 Vienna Convention by failing to contact Mexico's embassy or consular officials immediately upon the arrests...
After another brutal year in Chechnya, where hundreds of thousands of civilians and over 10,000 Russian soldiers have died in eight years of bloody conflict, six Chechens have won a potentially significant victory over the Russian armed forces. Their triumph came not on the streets of Chechnya's devastated...