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...institutions, and impose repressive Islamic codes that have been ignored here since the late 1990s. Because the Iranian system is composed of ministries with overlapping mandates and multiple security apparatuses that often act upon their own initiative, it is difficult to tell whether these measures signal a government-wide crackdown, or the individual efforts of radical government appointees emboldened by the Islamic conservatism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
...crackdown in Hangzhou may seem unremarkable for a country where a public demonstration of any kind can still trigger a brutal government response. For openly religious Chinese, in particular, that's a constant threat. Human-rights groups regularly report cases of harassment, temporary detention and even long-term imprisonment of priests and their followers. But the Hangzhou episode is also unmistakable evidence that Christianity is transforming Chinese society...
...action comes in response to a crackdown on swag by the IRS that began several months ago. In March, just before the Academy Awards, the tax agency released a memo cautioning recipients that gift baskets are income and that ?movie stars face the same tax obligations as ordinary Americans.? The crackdown may have something to do with the fact that the Academy Award gift bags this year were valued at more than $100,000 each, and included such goodies as a four-night $25,000 Hawaiian vacation and $7,000 worth of Victoria Secret undies. In total, unreported gift bags...
...meeting Franco Frattini, vice president of the European Commission on Liberty, Justice and Security, mapped out the enhanced practical measures that E.U. leaders will announce in a formal plan over the next few days. They include extending existing research on explosives (particularly liquid explosives), a tougher crackdown on inflammatory websites or those that detail bomb-making expertise, and encouraging security officials to share biometric data of suspected persons more often and more rapidly...
Unlawful Bag Dropping Crackdown Friday, July 28, 1:54 p.m. An officer was dispatched to a report of an individual dropping their belongings off at the front desk at 651 Huntington Avenue. When the individual was informed that their belongings could not be stored at the front desk, they stated that they did not care. An officer arrived on location and informed the individual, who was a Harvard affiliate, not to store their belongings at the front desk again...