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Neither a replacement nor an interim coach has been named, though a press release said that “Harvard will begin an immediate national search for a new men’s lacrosse coach...
...which was created in 1994 as an interim body for Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories as a prelude to statehood, is now in shambles. After years of single-party rule by Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, the PA became a paragon of corruption and mismanagement. Hamas won control of the PA's legislature and government in democratic elections of January 2006, prompting a Western boycott of much of the Authority. And after the short, sharp civil war in Gaza in June, Palestinians now have in effect two rival governments - one run by the Islamist militants of Hamas...
Gross and then-Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles fired O'Brien last summer after she lost Knowles' support. A deputy dean has not been appointed since, though last September Gross created the post of senior adviser, which he asked Ford Professor of Human Evolution David Pilbeam to fill...
...Many southerners had hoped that the violence might subside with last September's coup-General Sonthi is a Muslim, and he and Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont have pledged a conciliatory policy involving negotiation, more autonomy and greater economic aid. But since the junta seized power, the average kill rate has more than doubled to about four deaths a day, and the generals, like Thaksin, have been forced to send in more security forces. While no armed group has claimed responsibility for the conflict, nor stated any aims or demands, the militants' strategy seems clear enough: render the region...
Flier is the second permanent dean Faust has named since being named Harvard's 28th president in February. In June, Faust tapped computer scientist Michael D. Smith to lead the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She has also appointed a number of interim leaders to fill the many administrative vacancies across the University...