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...International Olympic Committee inspectors arrived in China to assess Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, Shan Chengfeng, the wife of jailed China Democracy Party founding member Wu Yilong, was sentenced without trial to two years of "reform-through-labor" in eastern Zhejiang province. The 25-year-old activist was one of 28 signatories to an open letter to the I.O.C. arguing that China's political repression violates the Olympic spirit and urging I.O.C. members to use their leverage to speed the release of prominent political prisoners. More than a month since her arrest in nearby Hangzhou, authorities...
...night's most contentious debate, the "Shuttle Service Reform Act of 2001" was eventually tabled indefinitely--denied by detractors who claimed the bill had not been adequately researched...
...hour before the Department of Justice's pardon lawyer, Roger Adams, was informed by the White House that Rich might be on the pardon list. That means Dozoretz, a personal friend and fund raiser, knew of the decision before the lawyer charged with carrying it out. The House Government Reform Committee subpoenaed Dozoretz last week to testify at its second hearing on the pardons this Thursday. Republicans are likely to question if she sought the pardon for Rich in return for the funds she raised from his ex-wife. Dozoretz pledged to raise $1 million for the project...
...Tuesday, it seemed everyone in Washington had a new (and, of course, bang-up) education plan. Everyone, from the new president to Democrats in Congress, was flagging down roving reporters to display their policy acumen and dedication to education reform...
...expensive than the President's and demands greater faith in public school administrators and teachers. And, perhaps most notably, the plan contains no mention of vouchers (or whatever word is used to describe them). According to Senator Lieberman, who appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America" to discuss education reform, the plan calls for government to "pour more money into poorer schools, give the teachers and principals more flexibility on how they are going to use that money. If they are not working, close the schools down and radically restructure them, give parents an opportunity to send their kids...