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...This week's summit, however, was largely dominated by another issue high on Rudd's list of priorities: people smuggling. Indonesia has become a hub for asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan looking to make the perilous journey to Australia by boat. Twenty-three vessels, many piloted by Indonesian fishermen, have been intercepted in Australian waters this year, an increasing number of illegal arrivals that has become a fire-hot domestic issue that could hurt Rudd's popularity during an election year. Yudhoyono announced during his visit that people-smuggling would now be punishable with a five-year sentence...
...sound of students rallying around University Hall—the administrative hub of the College and the location of the John Harvard Statue—could be heard throughout the Yard. Students were so loud that Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds said she left her office yesterday morning to go find a quieter location to work...
...charges a $45 processing fee before customers open a card. It then charges a separate $75 annual fee, which is exactly 25% of $300. "Getting a credit card if you have bad credit is harder than it used to be," says Odysseas Papadimitrou, CEO of consumer-credit website Card Hub. "But they are still available...
...uninformed rarely make the trek out to Dunster, the d-hall is always filled with familiar faces, and its role as a social hub doesn’t end there. You can always find fellow Meese working through the night on problem sets and papers with whom you can collaborate, commiserate, and procrastinate...
Describing nanotechnology as “the hub of science” and a field with “a lot of potential and promise,” Sridhar said that she is passionate about the field because “all the new technologies are moving towards” nanotechnology...