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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...beatings, arbitrary arrests and lengthy jail sentences, extortion, forced attendance at public vilifications of exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. The list went on, culminating in attempts to make Tibetans celebrate the Lunar New Year, something Dorje and others told me they had refused to do out of respect for Tibetans killed in Lhasa last March when anti-Chinese protests turned violent. (See pictures of the Dalai Lama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pain of Tibet | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...Watch out, Scorpio! You are quite a force to be reckoned with this week. Whether it’s in a group project or a political debate with your roommates, you’ll be sure to get your point across and earn some respect along the way. Don’t let this all go to your head though, or you may be worn out by the end of the week...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: Around the Ivies (and Stanford) | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...University’s decision stemmed from its commitment to adhere to certain codes of conduct with respect to workers’ rights as a member of the Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consoritum, two global workers’ rights groups...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Ends Deal With Russell | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...legislators slip into spending bills. Obama, who authored 2007 legislation to overhaul congressional ethics rules governing lobbying and earmarks, runs a real credibility risk when he makes exceptions to his own rules. He was already heavily criticized in the first weeks of his Administration for doing just that with respect to some appointees whose lobbying records technically violated the White House's new strict guidelines. (See who's who in Obama's White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obama Have a Double Standard on Earmarks? | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

Border Issues In "A Great Divide," Jyoti Thottam complains about the barbed-wire fence that India is erecting [Feb. 16]. She fails to acknowledge that erecting the fence has reduced the flow of illegal migrants into India. I also couldn't understand the complaint about exporting cows. Respect for religious sentiments has to be a common goal, not simply accommodation from one side to facilitate the other. Girish Vaidya, AURANGABAD, INDIA

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Self-Purifying Trend | 2/25/2009 | See Source »

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