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...been conferred at this time.Supply New England, the plumbing and heating company that currently occupies the site, will remain on site as tenants under the terms of the agreement, which was reached on Dec. 22 and finalized on April 17. In a letter sent on Wednesday to Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino announcing the moratorium, University President Drew G. Faust stated that Harvard’s continued near-term focus will be on “leasing and improvements to properties we currently own and continued dialogue with our Allston neighbors around community engagement and community-wide planning...
...Still, Taiwan's past efforts to clean up its act have not been unsuccessful. As the mayor of Taipei, Ma introduced a recycling program in 2000 which has helped the city has reduce its trash output by 55%. With a little monetary incentive - people get fined $145 for not complying and the required bags for non-recyclable trash cost more than for recyclables - residents of the capital have become efficient organizers of their trash. In 2006, Taiwan was also one of the first countries to stop giving away plastic bags. Stores charge a dime or more for one, a policy...
...Guatemalans and political observers, the implication of Colom's involvement in Rosenberg's murder has recalled the days in which tens of thousands of political dissidents were abducted and killed by the government. Colom's own uncle, a former mayor of Guatemala City, was "disappeared" in 1979. "Rosenberg's death mirrors the tactics the military government used during the 1970s and 1980s when they wanted someone silenced," says Isaacs...
...Cambridge Public School Committee ratified the employment contract for the district’s new superintendent yesterday evening, finalizing the appointment of Jeffrey M. Young, the current head of Newton Public Schools. The three-year contract—which was signed last Wednesday by Young and Mayor E. Denise Simmons on behalf of the school committee—was reviewed by the committee in a private session but passed unanimously during the public portion of the meeting. While Young was voted in as the district’s new superintendent on April 7, his formal selection was contingent upon...
...spreads around the world, China has acted with an aggressiveness that can only come from unpleasant firsthand experience with epidemics. Official cover-ups allowed SARS to spread in 2002 and 2003, eventually killing 349 on the mainland and leading to the sacking of both the Health Minister and the mayor of Beijing. In recent years, the country has waged a steady battle against avian influenza, which has killed two dozen people in China and prompted fears that it could mutate into a deadlier plague...