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...Philippine government has pledged to improve its human-rights record. Yet most of these abduction cases linger in limbo, stymied by the military's recalcitrance or police ineptitude. A March report by the U.S. State Department noted that "judicial inaction on the vast majority of disappearances contributed to a climate of impunity and undermined public confidence in the justice system." During a highly publicized six-month inquiry by the Philippines Court of Appeals, witnesses and military personnel offered tantalizing glimpses into the shadowy circumstances surrounding the brazen daylight abduction of Jonas Burgos. Yet when the proceeding concluded last week, Edita...
...student body together in the name of sports: The Game.The final whistle’s sound each November cements the memories. Thanks to a league ban on postseason playoffs, there is no chance to change history—no conference title contest, bowl game, or national championship. The memories linger with coaches, players, and fans—exultant or despondent, sweet or sour.For the Class of 2008, those reminiscences are largely happy ones. Not only did the Crimson team win three of the four Harvard-Yale matchups, bookending their careers with Ivy championships, but they also helped produce...
...happen in the coming days as Iraqi forces begin to move from the streets into buildings around Sadr City to search for the militia's heavy weapons. It remains unclear just how willing the Mahdi Army is to give up its arsenal of rockets and mortars. And animosities linger between Iraqi troops and militiamen. The fighting between the two sides in recent weeks was bloody and bitter. Al-Freiji at least is worried that the Iraqi army troops might lash out at either residents or elements of the Mahdi Army in the uncertain weeks ahead. Said Freiji: "We have noticed...
...This is not, however, to imply that the Core’s passing will be swift and complete; it will linger alongside its replacement through 2012, as the incoming class of freshman will be allowed to choose one set of requirements or the other...
...Told in Samuels’s clean and direct style, “The Runner” manages to find reflected in a sociopath many of the tendencies of American society at large. The account raises questions about many of this country’s principles and institutions that linger long after the book is put down. By presenting Hogue in all of his complexity, as a human and not just a criminal, Samuels gives no easy answers. —Staff writer Katherine L. Miller can be reached at kmiller@fas.harvard.edu...