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...This isn’t the first time Capuano has broached the divestment issue. Last April, he asked public pension boards in Massachusetts to sever ties from firms with financial holdings in Sudan. Capuano is travelling in Africa with a congressional delegation. His office did not respond to a request for comment yesterday. Harvard divested its endowment holdings in PetroChina, a subsidiary of the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation, in early 2005, after mounting pressure from students, faculty, and alumni. But the University has maintained shares in other businesses with ties to the Sudanese government, including the oil companies Sinopec...
...FYSC] to associate titles within our organization to promote their private event.” Haddock did, however, “appreciate [Pollinger’s] desire to thank all the people on who worked hard on the freshman formal.” In response to a request by Council member Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 for an audit of the FYSC’s Freshman Formal expenses, the FYSC participated in a financial review by UC Treasurer Blake M. Kurisu ’07. Kurisu’s review, presented at yesterday’s UC meeting...
DISSOLVED. THAILAND'S PARLIAMENT, by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, at the request of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra; in order to call new elections; in Bangkok. While Thaksin's opponents have railed against his family's tax-free $1.9 billion windfall from the sale of Shin Corp., the telecom giant he founded, the Prime Minister still enjoys strong support among rural Thais. Elections for a new House of Representatives will take place on April...
...commemorating the first People Power revolution, where the 20th anniversary celebrations were to take place. At the shrine they would be met by a contingent of Catholic bishops, and a Marine general would read a statement withdrawing support from Arroyo's government. The bishops, according to Saycon, had one request: that the action be bloodless...
...sick of getting stuck with a seat by the aircraft toilet (again), there is deliverance in the form of SeatGuru.com-a know-all site that enables you to check the cabin configuration before you fly, so you can decide in advance which row and seat number to request...