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...abused, as some students return home to put their skills to work for unfriendly foreign governments. A senior official at the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), speaking on background last week to The New York Times, confirmed that the Chinese government recruits a handful of students in the U.S. to gather information in disciplines like nuclear physics, in order to strengthen China’s weapons arsenal...
...Cuban legislative panel officially jettisoned the Varela Project, an initiative spearheaded by dissidents seeking a referendum on political and economic reform within the island’s Communist framework. A clause in the regime’s constitution purportedly allows citizens to organize a national referendum if they can gather 10,000 signatures, and Cuba’s opposition leaders had been able to collect over 11,000 for the Varela petition, which they presented to the National Assembly in May 2002. Unfortunately, the dissident project now appears to have suffered the same fate as so many other challenges...
When Zambia ran short of food in 2002, it appealed to the World Food Program (WFP) to help it gather food donations from richer countries. The U.S., as a member nation of the WFP, offered a large shipment of corn and maize to Zambia, which was gratefully accepted. However, when asked for a guarantee that the corn had not been genetically modified, the U.S. first refused to provide the information, and then finally admitted that the entire shipment was genetically modified. This corn was not only meant for food consumption, but was shipped as seeds to be planted by Zambian...
...Club president Ian M. Huschle '88 said yesterday. "Any group should be able to gather on a social basis as long as there is no monopoly of opportunities. I do not believe that such a monopoly exists at the Fly Club." He declined specific comment on the case, and said the club had turned it over to their lawyers. Lawyers at Palmer and Dodge yesterday refused to comment on the case...
...focal point of building this community is the social part of the dances. Halfway through the evening, participants gather in a circle, introduce themselves, and make announcements about upcoming peace rallies, yoga workshops and art shows...