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...January, after he became convinced that the war was illegal, he tried to resign rather than go to Iraq, but the Army wouldn't let him do so. As a compromise, he asked to be sent instead to Afghanistan, a war he supports. His request was not granted...
...unified platform with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, of the secular P.L.O., that would implicitly recognize Israel if it would withdraw to its 1967 borders. That's out of the question for Israel, but Haniya's signature is a sign that Hamas may be able one day to resign itself to Israel's existence, just as the P.L.O.once sworn to Israel's destructiondid. It is also an indication of the deep divisions within Hamas between the hard-liners who kidnapped the Israeli corporal and moderates like Haniya who can be potential diplomatic partners for the U.S. "The strategy should...
...renegade pedestrians have been fined up to $6 each since May. That's not all. Offenders have had their salaries cut after pictures of them crossing against traffic were broadcast on the news. One woman spent 10 days in jail for contesting her fine and was eventually pressured to resign from her job. "If someone is caught jaywalking in front of strangers, they don't feel bad," says Yang Yulin, media officer for the Shanghai Civilization Committee (SCC), the government organization behind the crusade. "But if everyone at the office finds out, they learn a lesson...
...investment in 1999 when he was working in the private sector, and the BOJ had no regulations for incoming officers to put their assets in a blind trust, he has apologized for his bad judgment and vowed to give away his profits from the fund. Fending off calls to resign, he has needed the support of politicians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to keep his job. But Richard Jerram, an economist at Macquarie Securities in Tokyo, dismisses any speculation that Fukui's independence has been compromised. "The BOJ has been working for years to prove that it is immune...
...After investing hundreds of hours of studying, thousands of dollars in tutors and counselors, and months of meticulous preparation, many of the world’s most talented high school seniors resign their fate to the judgments of an anonymous group of graders sitting on the first floor of Byerly Hall, home to Harvard College’s admissions office...