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Throughout the debate, which drew a full house to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, the crowd was reactive to the free-flowing questions from moderator Tom Brokaw of NBC. The debate’s questions, approved by the moderator, were selected from the 80-member “uncommitted” crowd and online submissions...
...representative for the Iraqi History Project Etelle R. Higonnet drew attention to the under-reported phenomenon of sexual violence in Iraq yesterday during a lecture at Harvard Law School. As analysis director for the project, Higonnet called this widespread human rights violation “one of the most revolutionary, interesting and unknown things” in Iraq and said it was a significant aspect of the nation’s past and present struggle. The project, created and funded by the International Human Rights Law Institute at Depaul University, has gathered over 10,000 testimonies from victims, perpetrators...
...gift trumps the $100 million donated by longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller ’36 in April to support international programs and the expansion of arts education, a priority of University President Drew G. Faust. Wyss' newest donation also brings his total philanthropy to Harvard to at least $150 million, as he gave $25 million in 2004 to support the Business School's doctoral programs...
...scary conditions elsewhere hardly drew attention away from the underlying weakness in Europe's own supervision of its financial institutions. Most of the continent is conjoined into a political union of 27 countries, 15 of which use the euro under the monetary authority of the European Central Bank. But as the recent days' fraught activity has proved, coordination between governments on fiscal and supervisory measures remains strictly voluntary...
...Embassy has been located at Grosvenor Square through generations of pomp and changing circumstance. In 1968 it was a focal point of anti-Vietnam War protests; after the September 11 attacks, it drew ire from local residents worried it could draw terrorist bombs. Through it all, the Mayfair edifice was the site of lively parties for London's chattering classes and influential leaders passing through. All that is due to change, though, with the announcement that the U.S. Embassy plans to relocate across the Thames to a place whose very name reflects a rougher and more industrial tone: the Nine...