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...course, Americans must be careful not to overstep their jurisdiction. While protecting American citizens represents a valid national interest, engaging in the Mexican conflict or entering Mexican territory would involve endangering troops’ lives for the sake of a national battle that does not immediately threaten America’s safety. It is this type of action that would anger the Mexican populace and represent unnecessary involvement in an external conflict not concerned with American interests or ideals...
...therein lies the difficulty. The financial and political drivers of AIDS research and prevention strategies have an interest in the outcome of any such scientific inquiry. For the conventional wisdom on the subject seeks to form a conclusion not, like science, that is independent of and unprejudiced by the imprecise and unverifiable tenets of morality or religion, but rather one that explicitly undermines them...
...into The Crimson, rising to one of the top positions as Managing Editor. While Ganeshananthan always intended to become a novelist, her tireless work at the Crimson helped improve her editing skills. “I knew that I wanted to be a fiction writer long before having any interest in journalism,” she says. “Journalism helped me to not be particularly touchy about [editing], because if it turns out better, then I’m the winner in the end.” Prone to early starts, Ganeshananthan began conceptualizing the story that would...
Accused Mumbai terrorist Mohammad Amir Ajmal Qasab whose trial began Wednesday in Mumbai, was appointed a new lawyer today after his first lawyer was dismissed for a potential conflict of interest. The new lawyer, who was appointed by the court will be paid an undisclosed special fee given the unusual circumstances of the trial...
...interval, the judge spoke to several lawyers who had appeared in court offering to represent Qasab, including one who said he came to court because he had read in the newspaper that Qasab needed a lawyer. Yesterday, Tahiliani dismissed Anjali Waghamare, his earlier lawyer, for a potential conflict of interest, as she had discussed representing a victim in the attacks, who is also expected to appear as a witness for the prosecution. When the proceedings resumed, the judge announced that he had appointed Abbas Kazmi as Qasab's new lawyer. "I am willing," Kazmi said. Tahiliani named another lawyer...