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RECOGNIZED. Gay Marriage, under the Civil Union Bill passed by South Africa's national assembly; in Cape Town. If the bill is ratified as expected by Parliament's upper house and President Thabo Mbeki, South Africa will become the first African nation to grant the same legal status to all marriages regardless of partners' sexual orientation. It was proposed after the Constitutional Court ruled last year that laws prohibiting gay marriage violated a guarantee of equal rights in the constitution...
...Medical School, Law School, Business School, Kennedy School, and the schools of Public Health and Education. Thompson said he would most miss “the daily intellectual contact and intensity” of the Center. He noted as one of his proudest achievements the institution of a summer grant program for Harvard undergraduates...
...Harvard Undergraduate Council passed legislation yesterday to tighten oversight of its party fund. Effective immediately, all grants distributed by the UC will be audited by its Finance Committee. Currently, only 20 percent of the 13 grants handed out every weekend are checked against receipts. The UC allocates nine $100 regular party grants and four $200 “super-party” grants each week. The legislation comes in response to increased criticism of the UC’s party fund and worry within the UC that grants are being misused. Earlier this month, students who showed...
...Syrian ministers quit last week after Siniora refused Hizballah's demand for a new government alloting the group and its allies one-third of the Cabinet posts, enough to give them effective veto power. Nasrallah wants to be able to block laws that could threaten Hizballah, such as a grant of increased powers to the expanding U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon. But beyond this, the government suspects Hizballah will try to further the interests of its Iranian and Syrian backers. Far more is at stake than just another round of Lebanese political infighting. The U.S. supports Siniora's government...
...editors: In an article on the Grant Street ash tree (“Cambridge Council Blasts Harvard in Tree Dispute,” news, Oct. 31), you quote Mary Power, Harvard’s Senior Dir.ector of Community Relations, rebutting neighbors’ claim that Harvard may bear responsibility for damage done to the buttress roots of the tree. Her claim is that decay had been detected back in 2004 and led Harvard’s “experts” to conclude that the tree was a safety hazard. We would like to respond to these somewhat vague...