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...While the financial blockade is clearly an effective weapon against a government led by what the U.S. and E.U. deem a terrorist organization, the decision to use it appears to be premised on a fanciful notion of what will follow if it succeeds. Wolfensohn's warnings foresee a long siege, which he says would leave three quarters of the Palestinian population living in poverty within two years. But Washington may be banking on a quicker result: By putting the squeeze on ordinary Palestinians and forcing a breakdown in governance, some Israeli and U.S. officials may be hoping that President Mahmoud...
...Iran, and the U.S. isn't even going to try to get a sanctions resolution now. Instead, the U.S. and its key allies will push for another Security Council resolution, reiterating the demand for Iran to cease enrichment activities under Chapter 7 of the U.N.'s charter - which would deem the issue a threat to global security, making non-compliance punishable by sanctions or even military action. Even that may be further than Russia and China are prepared to go. Indeed, U.S. officials have been tamping down expectations of Security Council action, talking instead about assembling a "coalition...
...West and Iran has already been cited as a major factor driving oil prices to record highs. Also, Russia, China and many in Western Europe fear that Washington may be preparing the way for another "regime-change" intervention in the Middle East, a course of action they'd deem a more immediate danger to global security than anything being cooked up in Iran's nuclear labs...
...searching the stacks of Widener in pursuit of books for their research projects, and cloistered away on the fifth floor of Lamont for days constructing fifteen to twenty-page arguments about the role of France in the American Revolution, or any other subject that instructors deem worthy of discussion in the final paper. In leafing through the syllabi of Harvard’s many courses, you’ll find that final papers and projects are due as early in reading period as May 6, or as late in the game as May 18. These final assignments, especially when students...
...Little, Brown and Company received a letter from Random House this morning, pointing out several passages in Kaavya Viswanathan's novel HOW OPAL MEHTA GOT KISSED, GOT WILD, and GOT A LIFE that they deem similar to passages in Megan McCafferty's novels SLOPPY FIRSTS and SECOND HELPINGS. We consider this a serious matter and we are investigating it immediately...