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Thus the south's champions in the conclave will be many, some with formidable credentials. Rodríguez Maradiaga did not just hang with Bono. Calling debt "a tombstone pressing down on us," he presented a 17 million--signature petition for debt relief at a G-8 meeting, and he has...
But the ancient rivalries that perpetually plague relations between Japan and its neighbors never stay submerged for long. The bonhomie has evaporated in recent weeks after Japan renewed a campaign for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council alongside China. Although Japan's bid received an endorsement from U.N...
As a result, I have become the environmental movement's dream convert. I pore over news reports of the latest oil-company atrocity; I hector my family about their oversize vehicles; I buy only organic milk and eggs laid by vegetarian, cage-free, anxiety-free chickens; and I'm an...
But Harvard’s announcement on Monday amounted to an “incomplete action,” said Manav K. Bhatnagar ’06, organizer of an online divestment petition that garnered several hundred signatures from students and faculty.
Bhatnagar said he and fellow petition organizer Benjamin B. Collins ’06 specifically mentioned Sinopec as a target for divestment in a February meeting with the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the 12-member panel of students, faculty, and alumni that advises the Corporation on ethical issues...