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Undaunted, Caputo raced through the wrestleback bracket with a 12-0 major decision, followed by a solid 3-1 win over eighth-seeded Jerome Ward. But the Crimson grappler’s progress once again came to a halt as he faced longtime nemesis Phil Keddy of Iowa...
...They are very talented freshmen, we know they are capable, but I can’t [assess their progress] until we see how they respond to the tournament,” the coach said...
...that discontent, especially with the symbolic hype surrounding 1810 and 1910, Calderón insists the country will break the ominous century-cycle next year and make 2010 "a moment of peaceful transformation." Last month, he predicted next year will see "Mexico on a different trajectory toward development and progress." Calderón tried to get the ball rolling this month with a major political reform proposal that would allow re-election for Mexican office holders like mayors and legislators, a change he insists will give voters more power. It would still limit Presidents to one six-year term...
...Rosenzweig says the resumption of high court reviews is "probably the biggest area of progress in China in the past few years." According to a Dui Hua Foundation estimate, the number of prisoners executed annually may have fallen by as much as half from the 10,000 cited by a National People's Congress delegate in 2004. Even with such a decline, China still puts to death more people than the rest of the world combined - about 70% of the global total in 2008, according to Amnesty International...
...government should make execution statistics public. "Despite its sensitivity, [the death penalty] is an area that has been able to be discussed to a certain extent within the Chinese media by legal experts," says Rosenzweig, "which is one reason why I think that's where the force for progress will come, from within China." (Watch "Obama's Half Brother, a Kenyan American in China...