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...bankrupt the country. And in politics, Bongo fixed elections for himself and bought off political opposition with money or power - despite its small size, Gabon has more than 40 Cabinet Ministers - or worse. Several opposition members were killed in the 1970s. In 1990, the mysterious death of opposition leader Joseph Redjambe sparked riots. And late last year, two journalists and three civil-society leaders investigating Bongo's finances were arrested. In February, the U.S. State Department classified the human-rights record of Bongo's Gabon as "poor" and listed such problems as "limited ability of citizens to change their government...
...Harvard Alumni Association had approached her a few years ago to ask if she was interested in running. But when she asked for permission from then-executive editor Joseph Lelyveld ’58, he said it would be a conflict of interest for her to take part in confidential discussions while being obligated to report to the Times, which covers Harvard...
...Budweiser is a much bigger, better-known brand. "Why is such a huge company aligning itself with pornography?" asks Michael Solomon, a marketing professor at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. "Because Budweiser must have calculated it was worth the risk to alienate some people, if they could reach their core buyers." (Watch TIME's video "Beer Pong Strikes Back...
...Crimson reported in April that Kirkland House library cut three student positions, while Quincy House implemented a new electronic access system to reduce the need for employees. In addition, Mather House library may also reduce its number of employees in the future, according to library tutor Joseph S. Ronayne...
...appears strangely attractive to a raft of minor celebrities. Among the candidates hoping to be elected or re-elected are former Czech astronaut Vladimir Remek; Finland's four-time winner of the Paris-Dakar rally, Ari Vatanen; Bulgarian Taekwondo champion and nightclub impresario Slavi Binev; and Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus von Habsburg, the grandson of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor. Also making a bid is Gigi Becali, the owner of Romania's Steaua Bucharest soccer club, who is facing kidnapping charges...