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...rising above it like a baleful warning. Inscribed on its side is a singular commandment: EARTH CONCEAL NOT THE BLOOD SHED ON THEE! Fourteen long, low mounds of mass graves are marked simply, starkly: HERE LIE BURIED 1,000 BODIES; HERE LIE 2,500 BODIES. In 1975, then Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin walked among the neatly tended graves of Bergen-Belsen and remarked bitterly, "It is so green that it is making me angry...
Consider it a sign of the times that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao chose to begin his trip to India last Saturday with a visit to the high-tech haven of Bangalore before traveling to New Delhi to talk politics. High-tech and business, naturally enough, are at the top of the agenda for this encounter between leaders of the world's emerging economic superpowers. Indians hope their Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can agree with Wen on ways to boost trade between the two countries and can reduce competition with China over access to the energy resources both nations need...
...Harvard men’s heavyweight boats started off the 2005 season just as they finished in 2004: with solid victories over a premier opponent...
Despite the shaky offensive performance, what Harvard took away from the contest was the fact that it was able to compete against one of the premier teams in the conference...
Apart from Harvard’s academic reputation and cutting-edge research opportunities, talented students also flock to the world’s premier academic institution for its lively and flourishing opera scene...