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...bring complete autonomy to Tibet, it does have great potential to create a dialogue about human rights violations in the area. In the past year, Tibet has been a grand beneficiary of infrastructure programs from the Chinese government. While these efforts have helped bring homes to the region, Tibet still suffers numerous human-rights violations, ranging from torture to large numbers of missing people. Obama has a responsibility to bring these issues to the international community, and meeting with the Dalai Lama is the first step in this direction...
...instance, online donors may be less particular about their choice of charity. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because niche or religious charities can sometimes impose irrelevant political or cultural values on foreign aid, such as religious organizations restricting condoms in regions devastated by AIDS. Yet the reality is that web legitimacy is easy to fake, and certain charities that accept online donations may simply be frauds. The FBI warned donors last month to ignore unsolicited emails, avoid sending personal information via e-mail, and be wary of people claiming to be surviving victims, which is a testament...
...court, sophomore Holly Cao, ranked first in the Northeast Region, won the clinching point for the Crimson. After falling behind 4-2 in the first set, she came back to win it 7-5 and then dominated the following one by a score...
...Although the U.S. still accuses Syria of supporting militant groups in the region, the appointment of a new ambassador is recognition of a new spirit of partial cooperation from Damascus. Since the waning days of the Bush era, Syria has helped tighten its border with Iraq to prevent jihadists from crossing; it has for the first time recognized Lebanon's sovereignty by opening an embassy in Beirut (Damascus has traditionally regarded its neighbor as a Syrian province illegitimately turned into a separate entity by France in the wake of World War I); and it has regularly called for direct peace...
...distance itself from its old friends in Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hizballah and will hope to coax Assad away from his alliance with Iran. But the Syrians aren't in such a hurry. While Damascus might be ready to recognize Israel if it hands back the Golan Heights region captured from Syria in 1967, it reserves the right to support Palestinian and Lebanese militants as long as Israel occupies Palestinian and Lebanese territory (the latter being a reference to the Shebaa Farms area, which Hizballah claims is Lebanese but U.N. maps show as Syrian). Real peace, say the Syrians, will...