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...Monday all was quiet, but rearguard actions are being fought. Legislators belonging to the opposition Kuomintang (KMT)-the party Chiang headed for 50 years on both sides of the Taiwan Strait until his death in 1975 at the age of 87-have called the hall's name change illegal, auguring a protracted courtroom battle. Taipei's Mayor Hau Lung-bin, also of the KMT, has vowed to fight any moves to dismantle a giant statue of Chiang that stands at the building, declaring it a protected historical site. He is part of a core of KMT politicians-and a surviving...
...students struggled to cram for their finals on Monday night, a former Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) employee was arrested in Adams House for trespassing and breaking and entering, according to an e-mail sent by Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) sergeant William McNamara. According to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano, officers were dispatched to Adams on a report of suspicious behavior. When they arrived, they located an individual playing pool with two students in the basement of Adams. After an investigation, HUPD officers arrested the man, identified as James Ruma, a resident of Medford, Mass. who formerly worked...
...Bank employee who has worked with Okonjo-Iweala in the past. But Okonjo-Iweala is not a U.S. citizen, which could hurt her chances as the World Bank’s president has traditionally been an American citizen. President George W. Bush, who makes the nomination, told Reuters on Monday that he would like to continue that practice. Feldstein, whose name has not been widely aired by pundits, has been considered for other top economic jobs before. As a candidate for chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Feldstein told The Crimson two years ago, “I like teaching...
...That warning even applies to Hamas's most senior official, Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh. After a barrage of Palestinian missiles flew out of Gaza into southern Israel during the past week, the Israelis were in no mood to go lightly on Hamas. On Monday, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh declared in an interview that "no one" in Hamas's leadership was "immune from a strike." Hamas took the threat to heart. Spokesman Ayman Taha also urged militants to stop using cars and gathering in open places where they could be spotted by Israeli aircraft circling over the Gaza strip...
...Still, the Palestinian rockets kept coming. An Israeli woman in Sderot, a community within easy rocket range of Gaza, was killed in one attack on Monday. The Israeli Prime Minister visited Sderot on Tuesday, but received an angry reception from the residents - and a few Gaza missiles slammed down nearby, though Olmert and his entourage were never in danger. So far, Olmert is resisting calls by the army to launch a major offensive into the Gaza hornets' nest...