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...Israel - more likely, not less. "If the United States has any chance of persuading Israel not to take matters into its own hands, it will only be if the world presents a united front on sanctions that actually mean something," says the official. "China," he continues, "has much to gain by doing the right thing." Don't be surprised if it does...
...these state police powers, should be subject to the same standards that apply to any other police force in the Commonwealth. The Crimson is not seeking access to these records so that it will be able to publish sensitive personal information about specific individuals. Instead, we are seeking to gain a better sense of, among other important issues, the frequency of sexual abuse and racial profiling on campus. These are matters that concern all members of the Harvard community. Without access to incident reports compiled by HUPD officers (as opposed to the heavily-filtered police logs that, at present, represent...
...Most insurgent groups in Iraq are loath to target women because they know it would gain them no public sympathy. If anything, ordinary Iraqis (even those who sympathize with the insurgency) regard such kidnappers with contempt. That's one of the reasons why groups that have kidnapped women have tended to adopt new and obscure names - they don't want their real names tainted by association...
...open restaurants, travelers have come to the republic to learn to eat. Trouble is, the cost of tuition has been skyrocketing. In 1926, American gourmet A.J. Liebling got his education for 6 francs a feast. Today, anyone in a restaurant with three Michelin stars can expect to gain several kilos and drop several hundred euros. And prices are rising like one of L'Arpège's avocado pistachio soufflés. In 2001, the set menu there cost 1,200 francs (€185); now it's €420 per person - no wonder nice guys from Winnipeg weep into their...
...worry yourself sick. In my opinion, the anxiety is unfounded. ? At the moment, the H5N1 influenza virus is mainly a threat to birds. The virus can infect and kill other animals but only if they have close contact with infected birds. The big concern is that it will gain the ability to pass easily from person to person, possibly by exchanging genes with an ordinary flu virus in the body of some unlucky person infected with both. That has not happened yet, and until it does, there can be no pandemic. ? Much has been made of the virulence...