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Denise Simmons won the Cambridge mayorship in a unanimous vote this week, becoming the first African-American woman to hold the post. Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, another veteran council member, was elected vice mayor. Simmons said yesterday that she would continue to focus on the issues she has supported since joining the city council in 2002: education, housing for low and middle-income residents, and creating “green-collar jobs”—new employment opportunities in the environmental field. “Cambridge is changing, and Cambridge policies...
...Since December, on its own turf, Moscow has fought with the British Council (BC) - Britain's cultural and educational cooperation arm. The conflict now threatens to grow into a full-scale diplomatic war between Russia and Britain with potentially dire consequences...
...British made a major mistake neglecting to place the British Council's activities in Russia on a solid legal base," a senior MFA official told TIME. "We have been lenient for 14 years." The official didn't beat around the bush as to why the "lenience" abruptly ended: "It's in tune with the general deterioration of our relationship with Britain, there is no denying that. Otherwise, we could have kept looking the other...
...Another Russian diplomat, when asked to comment upon the MFA's statement threatening "coercive" actions to have the British Council's regional offices closed, just shrugged: "No need posting a cop at the gate to turn people away. A phone call to those Russians who cooperate with the British Council, appealing to their civic duty, will suffice...
...completely unacceptable" behavior. In a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on Thursday, Miliband expressed "anger and dismay" at Russia's actions adding: "We saw similar actions during the Cold War but frankly thought they had been put behind us ... Russia's actions against the British Council are a stain on Russian's reputation and standing...