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...Political street violence in Bangkok has claimed several lives over the past couple months, and spooked investors and tourists, on whose dollars Thailand depends. Growth forecasts for 2009 hover at a bleak 3%. But even as these troubles mount, neither the government nor the opposition appears willing to give ground. Somchai has refused to resign, and the PAD vows to keep up its campaign even if it means further tarnishing Thailand's reputation as a stable democracy. Further complicating matters, the lead party in Thailand's ruling coalition could be dissolved in the coming weeks because of vote-buying...
Harvard broke ground on the four-building science complex in May, after more than a year of debate with the community to reach a cooperative agreement approved by the city of Boston...
...course. “It means negotiating with communities, negotiating with the student population, negotiating with the administration and their goals, [with] the board, with alumni.”Given the many real-world challenges of the project, Allston has proved to be an excellent hypothetical testing ground for GSD students, said Huyck. The architects-in-training met with a panel of Allston developers to learn how to incorporate community’s needs into their plans. The students also spoke with several undergraduates about House life in the context of a residential system with a distinct philosophy that dates...
...Washington's concerns are not limited to the possibility of Israel attacking Iran, the sources say; U.S. officials have also cautioned Israelis against launching a ground assault inside the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza in a bid to stop militants there from firing rockets into southern Israel. Bush Administration officials warn that such an attack could cost many lives and jeopardize the painstaking, thus far futile efforts of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to broker a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority...
...Israeli officials told TIME that Israeli forces have no immediate plans to mount a ground assault on Gaza, and that the division commander in charge of the area had recently been transferred out. Israel faces a general election in February, and the current Defense Minister and Labor leader Ehud Barak, who is far behind in the polls, is unlikely to risk sending troops on a hazardous foray into Gaza...