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Cusworth lead the Crimson with a game high 18 points on 8-of-11 from the floor, his highest output of the Ivy season thus far. In the Crimson’s earlier loss at Columbia, Harvard’s center was held to only five points by the active post defense of the Lions’ smaller frontcourt players. Cusworth was able to break free in the second half of Friday’s game, however, shooting a perfect 4-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the line...
...Court ordered the return to Nigeria of $458 million in accounts held by late military leader Sani Abacha. The Nigerian government has promised to spend the funds on health, education and infrastructure. Hard Graft? TURKEY Former Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz appeared in court on corruption charges, the country's highest-ranking official ever to do so. The three-time PM is accused of rigging the privatization of a state-owned bank in favor of a businessman with alleged ties to the Mafia. He faces a minimum of 10 years in jail if found guilty. Taking Their Seats IRAQ...
...courts, which have found that a 1972 Supreme Court decision requires reporters to put subpoenas above sources. "There is no First Amendment privilege protecting journalists from appearing before a grand jury ... regardless of any confidence promised by the reporter to any source," the appeals court ruled last week. "The Highest Court has spoken and never revisited the question." Soon, it may get a second chance...
...Buddhists, the highest form of happiness lies in this inner freedom rather than the freedom to acquire and consume. Happiness is determined by one's state of mind rather than by external events. It is not subject to time and decay, or dependent on the acquisition of things and people. Today, it is what recommends Buddhism to so many people living in societies built around the endless stimulation and satisfaction of individual desires, but which seem to bewilder and oppress people as much as or more than the simpler world to which the Buddha offered his unique therapy...
...happiness levels, my country, the Philippines, gets unlikely top scores. The World Values Survey published by the University of Michigan last November ranked 82 countries and territories according to feelings of "subjective well-being"?which combined its happiness and "life-satisfaction" scores?and the Philippines had one of the highest ratings in Asia, above far richer locations such as Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. A few years back, a Hong Kong ad agency found the Philippines to be the happiest place among a group that included Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and mainland China...