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...mayor—who also serves on the Cambridge School Committee—is chosen from within by the Council. A councillor must receive five or more votes in order to be elected mayor. At last week's meeting, five candidates received at least one vote...
...have been a steady leader,” Maher said in an interview. He added that he believes the mayor is responsible for leading the Council to agreement, and that he has “a reputation as a consensus builder...
Current frontrunner Maher said that he hopes the Council elects a mayor soon, since committees cannot be formed until a mayor is selected...
...public; in another incident, in November, Muslims enraged over the construction of a Hindu temple near their homes demonstrated their anger with a severed cow's head. They kicked and stomped on the head, as Hindus - to whom cows are sacred - watched helplessly. As for the court ruling, bar-council president Ragunath Kesavan met Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday to discuss how to cool emotions. Says Kesavan: "We need to get the Muslim and Christian leaders together. They need to meet face to face and work out a compromise and not let this thing escalate...
Steve Andreasen, a former director for arms control on the National Security Council, says that Putin's comments were likely a negotiating ploy and that Russia will probably raise its continuing concern about missile defense in later talks. "They are making clear that further reductions in offensive weapons cannot take place divorced from the issue of missile defense - a long-standing Russian position," he says...