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...classic, ham-fisted Russian manner—just remember the gas sales to Ukraine last New Year.Although it ultimately failed, the growing ties with the energy-hungry Chinese dragon should make Europeans ever more worried about their dependence on Russian gas. With decreasing levels of democracy and freedom to dissent with the government, Putin’s Russia can be relied upon neither for gas, nor for global stability. Back in the day, the Pravda newspaper was considered a prime tool of red propaganda. In 2003, a rather curious title suggested: “Russian weapons make every country feel...
...rights activists say that China is required to grant asylum to North Korean refugees under that convention. Lee said he hopes to begin an activist movement on campus similar to the movement that focused on Sudan divestment here at Harvard. “Harvard students have to use their freedom and resources to make a difference.” Lee said. Lee said he was inspired to create the branch of LiNK at Harvard after visiting South Korea last summer and working at a school for North Korean refugees. “I talked to one girl and I told...
...cancer” of corruption, upsetting not only third world governments, but also officials within his own organization. Whatever the other merits of his approach, however, he has made at least one immensely significant improvement: a willingness to speak and perhaps act in support of press freedom, where before the World Bank has been silent.Although the Bank has yet to officially make loans contingent on press freedom, it may do so in the near future. The rationale is simple: A strong, independent media is a better check on corruption and human rights abuse than any conditions the World Bank...
...Jessica Simpson’s “Boots,” “All that Jazz” from “Chicago,” and songs from the movie “Center Stage.” But the choreographers have also exercised creative freedom and diversity in their choice of numbers—Chang says she’s selected Godsmack’s “Voodoo” for one of her pieces. Appropriately to the theme of its show, the CDT itself seems very much to be self-made. Because Harvard qualifies...
...same time that Saunders pokes fun at such bombastic statements of tautology, and at politicians’ unreflective pieties, he also alludes to the threat of violence that lies just below the surface of so many apparently banal pronouncements in praise of our freedom and values—or, as “Ed” puts it, the human right “to prefer this to that...