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Besides working to identify what objects are missing, academics have proposed policy measures to combat their illegal circulation. These include a temporary moratorium on the trade of Near Eastern antiquities, tight controls at Iraq’s borders and airports, including the right to search and seizure, amnesty for those who return stolen objects and rapid reconstruction of Iraq’s museums and archeological facilities...
...rapidly changing pool of information about the epidemic means that the travel moratorium could be lifted at any time, if the incidence of new cases or fatality rates decline, said David S. Rosenthal ’59, director of Harvard University Health Services...
...students this week. On April 4, the University issued a “temporary moratorium” on travel to mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore and Toronto—locations that have been most severely affected by the recent SARS outbreaks. As a recent follow-up to the moratorium, University officials have announced that students taking courses in affected areas will not receive Harvard credit, and may not be able to use University grant money to fund travel and research expenses in East Asia or Toronto in the coming months. While the University should play a role in discouraging...
...weeks ago, the University issued a moratorium on travel to Singapore, Vietnam, China and Toronto—areas that have been struck by SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, a flu-like illness that has killed over 200 people...
Leslie Hill, assistant director of study and work abroad, said that the Office of International Programs’ ban on granting credit for programs in areas affected by SARS is a “temporary moratorium,” and may change in coming months...