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...However, even though Alito supported the general idea that feminist thought could be a basis for seeking political asylum, he denied the woman's request to stay in the U.S., ruling she had not made the case that she specifically would be singled out by Iranian authorities, one of the keys to an asylum request. Says Demleitner: "It showed to me his incredible compassion but his effort to issue a fair opinion within the law [that he had to work with...
...briefing for reporters on "Safeguarding America Against Pandemic Influenza." In conjunction with Bush's speech, the White House published a red, white and blue booklet, "National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza," which is available at pandemicflu.gov, a new Website of the Department of Health and Human Services. Bush's budget request includes $2.8 billion to accelerate development of cell-culture technology; $1.519 billion for the Pentagon and Department of Health and Human Services to purchase flu vaccines; $1.029 billion to stockpile antiviral medications; $800 million for development of new treatments and vaccines; $644 million to ensure that all levels of government...
...with their children. He recommended that students take the initiative to meet the faculty, choose an exciting and inspirational program of study, and avoid being “fungible.” But Summers also fielded some difficult questions. One parent asked about the College’s constant request for donations, specifically referring to an opinion piece in the New York Times that questioned these practices at Yale. “Why does Harvard solicit parents for money when the endowment is so large?” he asked. Summers responded that potentially life-saving faculty research and students?...
...blogger and writer from Arizona named Russ Kick posted photographs of coffins containing the bodies of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Columbia astronauts. The military zealously guards images of service members in coffins, but Kick pried the photos free with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. "I read the news constantly," says Kick, "and when I see a story about the government refusing to release public documents, I automatically file an FOIA request for them." By April 23 the images had gone from Kick's blog, thememoryhole.org, to the front page of newspapers across the country...
...gaunt but defiant Hussein refused even to acknowledge his name, mocking court officials as the puppets of U.S. "aggressors" and telling the chief judge, "I am not going to answer to this so-called court." The intense emotion surrounding the trial?now adjourned until Nov. 28 at the request of the defense?was made evident a day after the trial's start, when a lawyer for one of Saddam's co-defendants was abducted and shot to death by as-yet-unknown assailants...