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...first, the cross-country trip only brought a case of west coast blues for the Crimson, as the Golden Bears blanked Harvard. But the Crimson would go on to redeem itself in a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Gaels the following...
Caught in the cross-hairs of California's state budget crisis, the Los Angeles Superior Court - the largest trial court system in the nation - this week laid off 329 employees and closed 16 courtrooms. Facing an unprecedented $79 million shortfall, Presiding Judge Charles W. McCoy said that the courts will lay-off an additional 500 workers and shutter up to a total of 50 courtrooms come September. Announcing the cutbacks in a courtroom closed months ago to save money, McCoy said, "Today is a sad day for justice in Los Angeles." With attrition, McCoy expects the 5,400-employee court...
...appointment is no accident. North Sinai is not a territory the Egyptians take lightly. Bordered on the west by the Suez Canal Zone and on the east by Israel and the volatile Gaza Strip, North Sinai is home to a thriving cross-border smuggling trade and a sometimes rebellious local Bedouin population. Mwafi says the skills of his previous job have come in handy in governing Egypt's wild east. "As the director of military intelligence," he explains, "I had very good relations with the director of Israeli military intelligence." He adds that representatives of the two forces meet "every...
Governor Mwafi acknowledges only vaguely that Sinai's cross-border security issues are heavily intertwined with its internal troubles. "My previous job helped me a lot here," he says, "because I know the culture and the mentality of the Bedouin and the people here and [the] needs for special treatment." He adds, "All of the government is concerned now with how to develop North Sinai," and says the area is awaiting a visit from President Hosni Mubarak, who has held power for 28 years and is currently recovering from major surgery in a German hospital even as Egypt frets about...
...insert themselves in the world community." More regional economic integration is essential. Susan Segal, president and CEO of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas in New York City, says, "We don't know yet if we should be taking [CELAC] seriously." But she too points to fledgling "cross-Latin investment" as a key trend that the organization could further. "Even three or four years ago, Latin American businesses were nervous about investing in each other's countries," Segal notes. "Now they see they need to cross each other's borders" to create enough growth to compete with blocs...