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...says he is merely exercising his rights. Some journalists are striking a defiant note. Conrado de Quiros, a frequent critic of the First Gentleman, complained in a newspaper column that while several of his friends had been sued, he has not. "I feel left out," de Quiros wrote. "I protest...
Approximately 20 players stood up in protest, with others also about to stand, before Murphy left the room, according to one witness...
...decision was voted down last week by a bare majority. The creation of the fund has excited some students and aroused anger in others. Agustya R. Mehta, a junior at MIT and the Simmons Hall officer who brought forward last week’s appeal, is continuing to protest the fund. Mehta is taking his appeal to the hall’s judicial committee, a student board whose job it is to settle dormitory disputes. “I didn’t really want my money to go to paying for strippers,” said Mehta. All students...
...RESIGNED. Major General Udi Adam, 47, head of the Israeli Defense Forces' northern command, which spearheaded last month's conflict with Hizballah militants in Lebanon; in protest over how the fighting was managed; in Biranit, Israel. Adam, who reportedly clashed over tactics with his superior, army chief of staff Lieut. General Dan Halutz, is the first senior Israeli official to step down amid mounting domestic criticism of the Lebanon offensive...
...Foreign access to China's huge market has become an incendiary issue on the mainland. Several recent acquisitions of large Chinese firms by foreign companies have been stalled after a storm of public protest over the impact such sales could have on China's economic security. A $375 million bid by the New York-based Carlyle Group for Xugong Group, China's leading construction-machinery manufacturer, has been delayed for 10 months. More recently, Chinese corporate officials and commentators condemned the proposed takeover of China's biggest manufacturer of kitchen goods, Supor Cookware, by the French firm SEB. One critic...