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More change might flow from a landmark trial underway in Istanbul. The case pits the state against a shadowy ultra-right-wing network allegedly led by retired generals. Prosecutors accuse the group of staging bomb attacks and assassinations in a bid to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party and create a pretext for military rule. Turkey is no stranger to coups - the military has stepped in to push the government this way or that three times in as many decades. As recently as 2007, a veiled threat prompted early elections...
Government suasion is particularly strong in China, where the global economic crisis has led to the closure of 7.5% of the country's small and mid-size companies since the end of 2008. In February, the central government's powerful State Council ordered companies throughout the country to notify local government-backed labor unions if they planned to cut either 10% of staff or more than 20 employees. In Beijing, state-owned enterprises have been ordered not to lay off any of their employees this year. The government is also looking to make positive examples of private businesses that keep...
...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now the longest waged by an all-volunteer force in U.S. history. Even as soldiers rotate back into the field for multiple and extended tours, the Army requires a constant supply of new recruits. But the patriotic fervor that led so many to sign up after 9/11 is now eight years past. That leaves recruiters with perhaps the toughest, if not the most dangerous, job in the Army. Last year alone, the number of recruiters who killed themselves was triple the overall Army rate. Like posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, recruiter suicides...
...runs on the board in the fifth inning, courtesy of Courtney Prendergastt’s deep two-run home run with two outs, cutting Harvard’s lead to 5-3. The Crimson, however, answered with a prolific attack in the bottom-half of the inning.Freshman Whitney Shaw led off with a double off the centerfield fence and scored on Schellberg’s single up the middle, which ricocheted off of the pitcher’s glove. With Schellberg still on the base paths, Francis stepped up to the plate and drove a ball over the wall...
...play, but was gunned down at home by Crimson senior right fielder Tom Stack-Babich to send the game into last licks.Down to its final three outs and facing a one-run deficit, Harvard seemed poised for another rally in the bottom of the ninth when Stack-Babich led off with a hard-hit single to right center and advanced to second on an error by the Holy Cross centerfielder. But the Crimson quickly racked up two outs on a pop-up and a strikeout, and after Stack-Babich reached third on a wild pitch and sophomore Dillon...