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...RATIFIED. An AGREEMENT between the United Nations and the Cambodian government to create an international tribunal to try former leaders of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime; in Phnom Penh. After almost six years of negotiations and delay, the 107 members present in Cambodia's 123-seat assembly voted unanimously to approve the proceedings, the focus of which will probably be on seven alleged former leaders from the brutal reign of Pol Pot. They are expected to be tried for atrocities committed from 1975 to 1979, when an estimated 2 million Cambodians were executed, starved or tortured to death...
Because the depot must first inform the superintendents before they can inform students of package arrival via e-mail (in every house except Lowell, which uses mailbox slips), there is typically a delay of at least half a day. Students who track their package through the carrier directly, however, do not always get the correct information regarding the arrival date. As a result, the package depots sometimes entertain the same student visitors multiple times...
...Senate Republican, Susan Collins of Maine. "I am disappointed with Secretary Rumsfeld's comments," she told TIME. "[They] do not seem to be consistent with the strong position taken by the President." She added that she found it "surprising" that Rumsfeld would be trying to weaken the NID or delay reform entirely. Or not so surprising--considering that Rumsfeld's department could lose clout and money in the restructuring. Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita insists that Rumsfeld supports reform but wants to ensure that U.S. soldiers aren't shortchanged in the overhaul. --By Timothy J. Burger
...said that admitting Turkey could mean that the historic defeat of Ottoman armies at the gates of Vienna in 1683 "would have been in vain." It's not clear what all this sound and fury really signifies. Technically, the E.U. has already agreed to begin talks with Turkey "without delay" if the European Commission finds that it has met the so-called Copenhagen Criteria, the set of political, economic and legal standards spelled out in the Danish capital in June 1993. Verheugen has already indicated there are "no more obstacles" to talks getting started, though his report is expected...
Ladd and her associates have been coaching international students on how to avoid getting caught in a delay. Much of the HIO’s efforts have focused on the immigrant-intent issue...