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Stemming from budget shortfalls and University-wide measures to rein in spending, the Quad Library will discontinue service at the end of this semester, according to Harvard College Library spokeswoman Beth S. Brainard...
...their furious backlash has left more than 7,000 Mexicans murdered since the start of last year - almost 2,000 in Juárez alone. Still, through the fog of the drug war, especially on the bloodied border, it has become clearer to see what needs to be done to rein in the drug-related crime that, as President Barack Obama said in a visit to Mexico this month, is "sowing chaos in our communities" - both American and Mexican. For starters, Juárez Mayor José Reyes Ferriz, who has received death threats from the gangs, is trying to purge the city...
...lobbying for a pullout for months and experts say it will allow him to strengthen his already firm grip. "He has built a state within a state," says Doukaev. "The Kadyrov government is a problem for Moscow. They have no control over him. This decision gives him a free rein to operate...
...only difference in this case is the level of detail. Nikam alleged that LeT chief Zaki Ur Rehman Lakhvi personally oversaw some of the training, along with an as yet unidentified Major General in the Pakistani army. Naming names could put pressure on Pakistan to do more to rein in jihadi activity, but Nikam's rant this morning was a solo show. A spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs said he has not yet seen a copy of but the trial proceedings, and declined to comment...
Abroad, the former President failed to rein in fellow liberator and neighbor Mugabe, when the Zimbabwean leader unleashed his security forces on the opposition, crippled his country's economy and created millions of refugees. At the U.N., South Africa has consistently defended some of the world's worst regimes - Burma and Sudan, as well as Zimbabwe - against punitive international measures, apparently more concerned about Western bullying than the way governments treat their own people. As Feinstein says, the ANC "hasn't sent a great signal to other countries in Africa that are trying to build democracy and progress...