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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's repeated calls to amend the constitution to strengthen the powers of the central government in Baghdad at the expense of Iraq's 18 provinces - including the semiautonomous three-province Kurdish region in the north - have faced fierce pushback from his Kurdish allies, some of whom have called him "the new Saddam." That schism is bound to widen in the coming months, when the U.N. issues its findings over the disputed oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, which Kurds claim as their "Jerusalem" but which Arabs are loath to let go of. (See a TIME...
...expect pushback from groups that advocate virginity pledges...
Given the demands of major-conference college football, have you ever experienced any pushback from either your teammates or coaches when you chose to prioritize academics...
...underage drinking, smuggling alcohol, and possessing false identification, according to Ryan Travia, Harvard’s director of alcohol and substance abuse services. The stark contrast between the two tailgates provides evidence that safe drinking is not all about law enforcement. It is unfortunate that the University did not pushback harder against the Boston Police Department for students. According to a Yale Daily News article, Jean Lorisio, counsel to the Boston Board of Licensing, said that Harvard did not have to add more restrictions this year to receive the tailgating permit. Instead of voluntarily promoting such a strict atmosphere, Harvard...
...Maliki, as ever, is building his own influence through his ability to perform a delicate balancing act between the contending forces on the ground - and, irksome as the fact may be to Washington, Iran is increasingly influential in post-Saddam Iraq. Al-Maliki's pushback against Washington in the SOFA talks is widely seen as in part a response to intense pressure from Tehran...