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...Beijing's problems are not confined to Tibet. There have also been rumblings of dissent in the far-western Xinjiang province, populated largely by the Uighur Muslim minority group. Protests by thousands of Uighurs over religious issues were reported by rights groups in late March. The Chinese press meanwhile has reported several recent clashes with separatist rebels in the province; in early March, the press reported that a Uighur woman had attempted to bring down a domestic passenger jet with a homemade bomb. Add to that widespread discontent throughout China over issues such as corruption and rapidly worsening inflation (prices...
...capital. It was a powerful, resonant story, and even though Bobby has since moved to New York, I thought it would be a good idea for him to go back to Baghdad to write a sequel around the fifth anniversary of the war. I didn't have to press him, because he'll tell anyone who asks that he misses Iraq. Having spent five years there, he's deeply invested in the future of that troubled nation...
...Those who come forth to press charges tend to be in their 30s or 40s, around the time their own children reach the age at which they were abused, Durso said...
...According to a press statement from the hospital, there were no complaints brought against Levine by any patient or parent of any patient “suggesting inappropriate conduct of any nature” during his time there...
...also noted that Dartmouth also switched to need-blind admissions for international students. Likewise, Stanford hopes new financial measures “should enable [the university] to attract an even more socio-economically diverse freshman class,” said Dean of Admissions Richard H. Shaw in a press release last week. —Staff writer Alexandra Perloff-Giles can be reached at aperloff@fas.harvard.edu...