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...South Korean foreign minister—who earned a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School in 1984—received 14 yes votes and one no-opinion vote in an informal U.N. Security Council straw poll held at 4 p.m. yesterday...
...Everest, Noguchi noticed that the growing ranks of fellow mountaineers left piles of discarded climbing gear and trash?much of the rubbish bearing Chinese, Korean or Japanese labels. When a European climber noted in passing that "Japan is a developed country, but without any manners," Noguchi decided something had to be done. Returning to Everest in 2000, he climbed the mountain four times over the next four years with an international team that cleared nearly eight tons of waste from its slopes, including more than 400 discarded oxygen containers. Local Nepalese villagers didn't see the point of the project...
YALE ADDED "GENDER identity or expression" to its nondiscrimination policy, the YDN learns. Dartmouth saw incidents of sexual assault jump 75 percent last year, the Dartmouth reports. And the lead story in the Cornell Daily Sun is: "Culture May Solve N. Korean Issues." In fairness, the off-lead is: "Yellow Team Wins Greek Week...
...many have noted, liquids are not a new threat. Terrorists have tried to use liquid explosives for almost two decades, with only one notable success (in 1987, North Korean agents blew up a South Korean airplane). But as Time magazine notes, of the roughly 2,000 bombs planted on U.S. territory every year, almost none are liquid explosives. Six months ago the TSA itself stated, “While random items commonly found under a kitchen sink could conceivably be concocted into an IED [improvised explosive device], there are so many things that could go wrong with this hypothetical scenario...
...himself. That matters, as Japan is currently holds one of the 10 rotating seats on the Security Council. Ban has also received enthusiastic support from Australia. But the deciding vote will likely be cast by China, one of the Council's five veto-wielding permanent members. If the South Korean is viewed by Beijing as too close to Washington, he may find China cool to his candidacy. Ironically, however, there's also a danger that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun's rocky relationship with Washington could cool U.S. support for Ban. Another drawback is his lack of international stature...