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...stop this.' The answer of the people who were in government and behind the dry crusade was 'Too bad for them, they're breaking the law.' In the end, they held to this so hard and fast that literally tens of thousands were killed by this government program to poison alcohol...
...about Harvard’s investments are not made public—and, consequently, students do not know what holdings the University might have in Iran—Harvard’s prestige could help make the University a leader in the protest against Iran’s nuclear program, the students said...
...look for any major changes that might restore Pentagon spending to its more modest Cold War levels. Defense Secretary Robert Gates took a good whack at unneeded weapons systems in last year's budget, killing the F-22 fighter and other programs of dubious merit. Unfortunately, his minions seem to believe that this one-time slice is sufficient. Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, said Feb. 17 that he believes last year's cuts mean that additional program cancellations "won't be necessary...
...whales for commercial purposes. It was a move that helped several depleted whale species rebound, but few countries, including Japan, have continued to hunt whales using a loophole in the moratorium that permits whaling for research purposes. Today, Japan hunts hundreds of whales each year under its scientific program, the meat of which continues to be sold on the domestic market. "Most people have long come to the conclusion that no worthwhile research is coming out of this," says Franklin...
...Calling Japan out on its whaling program could put Australia in a sticky position; Japan is, after all, Australia's largest export market. After Rudd's announcement last week, Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith held a pre-scheduled meeting in Perth. "We were able to confirm that the Australia-Japan relationship has gone beyond that of economic complementarity and is now a strategic partnership," Okada told reporters after the meeting. "Should court action become a reality, then Japan will seek to represent its case to the IWC, supporting the fact that its activities...