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...political cartoonist labeled it the "Apology Address," and Tung had several reasons for mea culpas. In a poll released ahead of the address, 65% of respondents said they had no confidence in him and many in Hong Kong believe he lost hold of the territory's rudder when Beijing stepped in nine months ago to slam the door on the possibility of direct elections of his successor in 2007. With only 30 months left-by law, he isn't permitted to seek a third consecutive term-Tung's lame-duck slide has been accompanied by a startling rise in public...
Tribe’s mea culpa comes just three weeks after another prominent Harvard faculty member—Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree—publicly apologized for copying six paragraphs almost word-for-word from a Yale scholar in a recent book, All Deliberate Speed...
...same article in the Indian Express also reported that India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had advised Singh not to speak at Harvard. Recounting colorful bits of supposed dialogue between the prime minister and his advisers, the article reported that the MEA cited timing conflicts with bilateral negotiation appointments...
...article also claimed that MEA advisers had warned that meeting with Summers, who was Treasury Secretary in Bill Clinton’s Democratic administration, could jeopardize relations with the current Republican White House...
...spokespeople for Prime Minister Singh or the MEA could be reached for comment...