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...Greece grants political asylum to only a tiny proportion of illegal immigrants - another source of concern for refugee advocates and human-rights groups. Last year fewer than 1% of those who applied received asylee status, far below the rate in Germany (18%), Italy (11%) or even Spain (4%). Giorgos Karagiannis, country director for aid group Doctors Without Borders, says Greek authorities should be doing more. "Ours is not a political argument. It's practical and medical," he says. "Let's at least meet the minimum standards. We do it for natural disasters. It's not easy, but it's possible...
...activists have described the gay rights debate as the most important civil rights issue of our time. This is not an apt description, as gay Americans are not being denied rights. This was not the case in previous civil rights movements. African-Americans living in the sixties were granted fewer rights than their white counterparts. Women living in earlier decades were granted fewer rights than their male counterparts...
...Americans are not being granted fewer rights than their straight counterparts—technically, a gay man does have the right to enter into a marriage with a woman. The push for same-sex marriage is a rally for additional rights. While this characterization of the movement strikes most gay rights activists as harsh, it is a useful distinction to be made when devising ways to advance the cause effectively. Yet gay rights advocates have not taken the appropriate cues from their defeats earlier this month, as reflected in their continued ignorance of their opponents’ thoughts and motives...
...Lions.Although Columbia outplayed the Crimson at the net by posting seven blocks compared with Harvard’s three, many more would have been necessary to stop the Crimson’s offensive assault. Harvard boasted more kills, 45 to 33, more assists, 44 to 32, and fewer errors, 10 to 16.Although the final numbers strongly favored the Crimson, early play did not. In the first frame, Columbia constructed an 18-9 lead off sloppy Harvard play in what appeared to be a blowout match. Ending a 7-0 Columbia streak, McKinley slammed down a kill to return the serve...
...long-inactive disciplinary board that was created to handle cases with broader implications or fewer precedents than the Administrative Board will decide whether to hear a case for only the third time, Undergraduate Council President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said...