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...release of political prisoners. Freed in 1989, he went on to serve as a regional official and as High Commissioner to Uganda and Rwanda. Upon Mhlaba's death, Mandela called him "one of the real stalwarts of our movement, a person who in his life and work embodied the highest values our struggle stood for and strove towards...
...reflection of Japan's eagerness to reassert itself as an Asian power, its concern about the rise of China, and its traditional ties with Taiwan. The Japanese describe their country's relationship with China as seirei keinetsu?"politically cold, economically hot." Bilateral trade reached $56.8 billion last year, the highest since 2000, but Tokyo is alarmed at China's growing military might. (In its most recent national defense outline, Japan said "attention must be paid" to China's increasing military capabilities.) The joint declaration with the U.S. over Taiwan, says Terumasa Nakanishi, professor of international politics at Kyoto University...
Stehle added 15 points, nine rebounds and four assists for the Crimson, and senior guard Kevin Rogus shot 4-of-5 from downtown for 13 points. Rogus also contributed four assists, while senior point guard David Giovacchini led Harvard with seven, his highest total of the Ivy season. The Crimson was able to find open players all night, shooting 49 percent from the floor and handing out 23 assists to only 11 turnovers...
Corriero is not alone in propelling the Crimson attack. She is joined on the first line by fellow tri-captain Julie Chu, among the country’s leaders in points and assists, and freshman Sarah Vaillancourt, the highest-scoring rookie in the nation. Both Corriero and Chu are among the ten finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award for player of the year...
...ethnic group—although it was an almost entirely Kikuyu uprising—and sometimes Elkins intermingles the two terms. There was never any shortage of Kikuyu loyalists willing to point fingers at Mau Mau, and the British were always pleased to promote these Kikuyu to the highest position any African could attain. Moreover, membership in Mau Mau unambiguously hinged on a specific induction oath that created an ideological distinction within a larger ethnic community. Not all Kikuyu were Mau Mau, and not all Kikuyu were targeted for elimination by the British. The Kikuyu experience under colonial rule...