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Some faculty members at the meeting felt regulation was necessary. But Tom D. Hadfield ’08, an Eliot House representatives on the Undergraduate Council (UC), said that complete transparency was necessary...
...said after the event that “It was evident from his speech that he cares a lot about these issues, I thought it was...good to hear it from the horse’s mouth.” The lecture was co-sponsored by the International Relations Council (IRC), the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Kirkland House. Martin Liby Alonso ’09, Director of Speaker Events for IRC Campus Outreach, said that he made contact with Blix through a parliamentarian in the Swedish Liberal party. Alonso, a native of Sweden, belongs to the Liberal party...
...Ground zero for petitioners is the area where the Beijing South train station once stood, which is the location of the main Petition Office run by the State Council, China's cabinet. The urine-scented alleyways and half demolished streets are filled with knots of grimy, exhausted petitioners, most clutching a bundle of documents as though their lives depended on them...
...Despite the risks and the poor chances of success, hundreds of petitioners still flock to the State Council Office each day. Among them, a few days ago, were four middle-aged peasant women from nearby Hebei Province. They have brought their petition to Beijing once a month or more for a decade says Yang Shuxia, a thickset 59-year-old bundled in four layers of clothing against the bitter winter cold. She and her companions seek a fair trial for their jailed relatives. In 1994, Yang explains, her son and three of his friends were arrested by police and charged...
...reaching agreement was a challenge, selling it to an exhausted public and to skeptical members of the international community will be even harder. The Palestinian Legislative Council is expected to ratify the new cabinet in a vote on Saturday. Little else will be so straightforward. The newly designated Interior Minister, Hani Kawasmi, a veteran and unaffiliated civil servant, will have to find a way to take control of the numerous Palestinian security forces and instill some sort of order on the streets. Ziad Abu Amr, the Foreign Minister-designate, and Salam Fayyad, who has been tapped as Finance Minister...