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A student group dedicated to opposing the ruling Burmese military dictatorship has denounced a Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) trip to the country, saying the University’s expedition is giving undeserved legitimacy to the ruling regime.
This week’s expedition to Burma, hosted by the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH), stands as a symbol of Harvard’s complacency and ignorance in response to the numerous and excessive human rights abuses of the Burmese military dictatorship, the State Peace and Development Council...
By continuing to hold this tourist expedition to Burma, the HMNH provides the SPDC with hard currency and an appearance of legitimacy that it does not deserve. Despite almost universal condemnation, the junta will be quick to point out that Harvard, one of the most prestigious institutions in the world...
At one point during the expedition, Bruce Howard said he pointed to a plant near the rim of the volcano. To his father’s delight, the find turned out to be a new species of flowering plant.
No one knows exactly when the historic launch will take place. China's secretive space commissars haven't divulged such tiny details as the blast-off date?it could be Oct. 1, China's National Day, or sometime in mid-October. Nor have they confirmed the number of astronauts on...