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...murder of Cho remains a mystery, a fact that has infuriated South Korean activists who made the crime a cause célèbre in their fight against the U.S. military presence in their country. After authorities promised to pursue Patterson's case further in 1998, a prosecutor mistakenly failed to renew a travel ban on him. Patterson returned to California in 1999, where he remains today. (Lee, after being acquitted, also returned to the U.S.) In 2006, a Seoul court ordered the government to award $34,000 to the victim's family. The case remained officially closed until...
Residents were urged to find alternative sources of drinking water as authorities tried to stop 40,000 gal. (almost 151,500 L) of leaked diesel fuel from contaminating a stretch of the Yellow River--China's second longest and a source of fresh water for millions. Some 700 workers were reportedly mobilized to control the spill, which was not made public for several days...
...unsure if this is the most important [argument] to make,” wrote Christian L. Garland ’10-’11, co-chair of the Harvard College Queer Students and Allies, in an e-mailed statement. “Personally, I think it has to be used in tandem with any number of other legal arguments. Refuting Scalia’s and other justices’ argument of 'special rights' is going to be more important...
...earlier version of the Jan. 13 news article "Anne Hathaway Selected for Pudding Woman of the Year" stated that Pudding producers Stephen L. Rola '11 and Kelly M. Conley '11 will lead the roast, and that the parade will end at the Au Bon Pain in the Square. This information, which was provided by Pudding press manager David J. Smolinsky '11, is incorrect. In fact, Smolinsky said later, Pudding President Clifford N. Murray '10 and Vice President of the Cast Derek Mueller '10 will be roasting Anne J. Hathaway, and the parade will end at the New College Theater...
...makes up the toe of Italy's boot. Seasonal migrants - mostly from Africa and Eastern Europe - have long been employed to work in the citrus orchards there. The hours are long, and the wages average less than $30 a day. When Fabrizio Gatti, a journalist for the Italian newsweekly L'Espresso, posed as a migrant worker in 2006, he uncovered a world where beatings were common and exploitation was rife. "You have no contract - no rights," Gatti says. "So if they don't pay you, you cannot go to the police...