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Within the peaceful courtyard of Adams House, there’s a protest going on. It’s as aesthetically pleasing as the manicured gardens, as community-oriented as the four enclosed walls of the House and as intellectually provocative as any of the discussions going on inside students’ rooms...
...putting out the flames with coats and a fire extinguisher. But paramedics couldn't save him. Adamec called his self-immolation "Action Torch 2003" and chose his location carefully - just steps from the spot where a history student named Jan Palach had set himself on fire in 1969 to protest the crushing of the Prague Spring by Soviet tanks. Adamec explained in a 1,500-word suicide note posted on the Web that he was following Palach's example to protest "the so-called democratic system where not people but money and power rule." He warned that "unless humankind radically...
...strain these men were under. She compares the 1989 collapse of communism to tearing down a zoo and letting the predators loose. The past 14 years have been a chaotic, confusing time. But this response, she says, "is futile. During Palach's time there was no other way [to protest]. But now, if you give up your life, you give up a chance to do something." That was also Palach's view, once he realized he was going to die. His original intention had been merely to scar himself. Some three hours before he passed away, Palach left a schoolmate...
...entering his Moscow apartment block, hours after registering his Liberal Russia Party to compete in December's parliamentary elections. Yushenkov's colleagues accused the government of inaction in the face of a wave of politically motivated crime. He is the second senior party member killed in nine months. Poll Protest NIGERIA President Olusegun Obasanjo's People's Democratic Party won a majority in both houses of parliament. Opposition parties rejected the results, claiming the election was marred by widespread abuses. The legislative elections and last weekend's presidential ballot - which Obasanjo was favored to win - are seen...
...After all the protest against the bullying of young President Bashar al-Assad, the joint declaration contained only a muted reference to the controversy. It expressed "disagreement with allegations directed toward Syria, and welcomed the news regarding the intention of the American Secretary of State to visit Damascus to discuss Syrian-American relations...