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...Secretary Rice is also looking to strengthen diplomatic pressure on Iran to desist from its defiance on the nuclear issue. In Cairo and Riyadh and during her Thursday session with Persian Gulf ministers gathered in Abu Dhabi for a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting, Rice is seeking to solidify moderate Arab support for U.S. and European efforts to pressure Iran to suspend its quest for a nuclear weapon...
...ethical obligation to make sure that its corporations uphold this fundamental human right,” said Adaner Usmani ’08, one of SLAM’s leaders, yesterday. “If these corporations are suppressing these workers, we think Harvard has an obligation to desist...
...Tehran's tactics have become much more aggressive, and it does not seem likely that it will back down from its enrichment program. There is still room for maneuver: Iran has yet to start actually spinning the centrifuges to enrich uranium gas, and could agree under pressure to voluntarily desist from turning on the machines for a little while longer. But with the current mood towards Tehran in capitals around the world, that kind of gesture may not be enough...
...began and he uttered something to the effect that he had a bomb, the federal air marshals came out of cover," Jim Bauer, special agent in charge of the Miami field office of the Federal Air Marshal Service, told TIME. "They identified themselves and ordered him to cease and desist." Some passengers deny that Alpizar said he had a bomb...
...decision,” the statement said. “The message from the Court has been heard, and we look forward to working with services that will respect the laws protecting creators.” Reports that i2hub’s shutdown resulted directly from a cease-and-desist letter from the RIAA could not be verified last night, as RIAA spokeswoman Jenni R. Engebretsen declined to comment beyond the organization’s statement...