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Diplomatic and NGO sources in Seoul now say that Beijing has begun to move to address the emerging North Korean shortages. In March and April it donated at least 50,000 metric tons of food aid to Pyongyang. With the Olympics in August and a crackdown on North Korean refugees sneaking into China already well under way, Beijing wants nothing to do with the exodus from the North a growing food crisis would inevitably spur...
...Less than 100 days before the start of the Summer Olympics, a creeping sense of unease pervades Beijing. The March riots in Tibet and the rough passage of the Olympic torch through some foreign cities has intensified official concern that the Games will bring trouble to the Chinese capital. In response, authorities have issued terror warnings, canceled public events and subjected foreigners to a higher level of scrutiny. Even as Beijing dashes to complete preparations to welcome the world in August, the city suddenly feels less welcoming...
...pages of the state media for subtle hints of change in official policy. Nowadays, under special rules enacted ahead of the Beijing Olympics, journalists are theoretically free to roam China and interview anyone. Except of course for Tibet and its bordering regions. Since the bloody anti-Chinese protests of March 10-16, reporters have once again been barred from Tibet and had to fall back on scanning the People's Daily and other government mouthpieces for hints of what is going...
...only time the teams have met this year was back on March 30 in New Jersey in Harvard’s Ivy season opener. The Tigers swept the double header, beating the Crimson by one run-5-4 and 3-2, in back-to-back games. In that series Harvard was crippled by its inability to get timely hits, if the Crimson is going to defend its title that is something it will have to change this weekend...
...admission that Mugabe did not win the March 29 poll is not, as some have suggested, a landmark concession on the part of the regime that has ruled Zimbabwe for 28 years. Rather, it signals Mugabe's intention to hold onto power. Reacting to the result, Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which says its own calculations show its leader won more than 50%, angrily rejected the result. MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti claimed at a press conference in South Africa that the vote count had been rigged. "Morgan Tsvangirai is the President of the republic of Zimbabwe...