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...economic advances. But the elephant in the room was the precarious security situation in the once great city, now fallen into decay, and that elephant made its presence felt on Oct. 17. At least 14 people were killed and eight more were injured after violent shoot-outs between rival drug gangs careened out of the favela slums and into neighboring communities. In the most spectacular incident, three officers were killed after gangsters shot down a police helicopter...
...Nobel Peace Prize laureate remains his greatest rival. "He personally dislikes her," says Seekins. "It's not just a political calculation. He finds her too opinionated, too Westernized, too outspoken as a woman." In August Suu Kyi was found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man swam uninvited to her lakeside home. Her initial three-year prison sentence was commuted to 18 months of house arrest because, said the order read aloud in court, Than Shwe "desires ... to exercise leniency upon her." (Read "Burma Court Finds Aung San Suu Kyi Guilty...
...site for the 2016 Summer Olympics. "It is Brazil's time." The IOC agreed. On Oct. 2, Rio de Janeiro beat out First World metropolises Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago to become the first South American city to host the Games--sparking a deafening celebration on Copacabana Beach to rival the city's annual Carnaval bacchanal...
Harvard now turns its attention to Northerns, the first of the two end-of-season tournaments, where the Crimson will most likely face off against cross-town rival M.I.T. The tournament is three weeks away, and the team feels that it has the opporunity to improve in that time...
...Black and White lightweight eight finished in third place third among collegiate varsity crews, falling behind only Wisconsin—which won the race—and Georgetown—which finished third. More impressive was the comeback run the Radcliffe lightweight women achieved against rival Princeton...