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...Oct. 12, Pakistan's military high command dismissed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, placing Sharif and his close associates under arrest. Army Chief Pervez Musharraf proclaimed himself chief executive, declaring a state of emergency, placing the constitution in abeyance and suspending parliament. Sharif's ouster is the fourth successive dismissal of an elected government before it completed its term of office, bringing to an abrupt end the democratic process Pakistan's powerful army had itself put into place in 1988 when it reluctantly transferred power to the political leadership following eleven years of military rule...
...example, at "Mon Oct 25 17:35:22 EDT 1999", did "bob53" ph "aasmith"? (All the usernames from here on in have been replaced with pseudo-usernames). What did "minitrof" have to ytalk about with "emclurm" yesterday afternoon? They were chatting for an awfully long time. Does "dewed" have a secret crush on "prinik"? Or is such repeated use of the finger command signify something more benign...
Harvard's U.N. Week is scheduled around International U.N. Day, Oct. 24, which is celebrated by countries across the world but receives little attention...
...offense will have to make do without the services of senior forward Carrie Jokiel (7, 5), whose career ended Oct. 15 after the Wildcats' captain suffered an injury that revealed a congenital birth defect...
Sarah E.M. Wood's article on the less than stellar role the United States plays in international relations (Op-Ed, Oct. 26) illustrated the profound need for increased public understanding of world affairs. Unfortunately, Americans have a rather irritating habit of welcoming isolationism and ignoring problems on the global level because they are someone else's. Like it or not, the nations of the world are becoming more interdependent and isolationism is an even more dangerous policy than it was in years past. I sincerely hope that the United Nations Week here at Harvard will at least raise student consciousness...