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...decrease political turmoil but this could potentially come at the cost of hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans dying from hunger. The great world economic powers must play their role in recovering Zimbabwe from this doomsday scenario by offering substantial humanitarian aid and support. Hopefully, the U.S. State Department will gain some common sense. Samad Khurram ’09 is a government concentrator in Winthrop House. His column appears on alternate Tuesdays...
...further complicated by an impending U.S. Supreme Court decision: Boumedienne v Bush. The case deals with the question whether alleged terrorist Lakmar Boumedienne, also held at Guantananmo, possesses legal rights afforded by the U.S. Constitution. If the Supreme Court decides in Boumedienne's favor, other Guantanamo defendants could gain similar rights, invalidating rules currently in force at the military tribunals...
...regulators are taking steps to turn things around. Late Wednesday, the Chinese government announced to a cut in the stamp-duty tax imposed on stock transactions, from 0.3% to 0.1%, and Thursday's market surged by 9.29%, its biggest gain in six years...
When do you think elected leaders will gain the political will to tackle climate change? -Kurt Wilms, San FranciscoIf you really care about the environment, you want to develop green technologies that are so inexpensive that it is profitable to be environmentally sensitive. It's not a question of political will. Can you develop solutions with broad enough support so that it is relatively easy for politicians to do them...
...know in the back of our minds that we have some respectability to gain,” Walsh said. “If we can take three or four, when it’s all over people will say that Harvard came on strong at the end. I think these guys want to fight...