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...importance of a peaceable resolution. While Fukuda may be able to manage the dialogue on Taiwan, it will be harder to control the Japanese public. A rash of pro-Tibet demonstrations by the country's Buddhists could embarrass Hu, who has been trying to quell dissent over China's rule in Tibet in the run-up to the summer Olympics in Beijing. Noisy protests in Tokyo "would be impossible for Fukuda to ignore," says Curtis. "It would really throw a damper on the visit...
...late January, controversy brewed on Mather House’s open list about regulations that prohibited students from advertising private parties over the e-mail list. Though the rule was a part of the College-wide alcohol policy announced later that week, administrators in other Houses have not made similar efforts to enforce...
...probably not all that fair to employers, but it's become the rule," Guichard acknowledges. Meanwhile, with the Paris stock market booming and France's leading companies posting enviable profits, Guichard feels little sympathy for bosses complaining that pont weekends are picking their pockets. "How can companies complain too much about a few days lost to ponts when most in France are more profitable than ever...
...North Sea's oil production and wreaked havoc with gas supplies in Scotland - won't do a nervous market any harm. But there's little sign of oil prices easing significantly in the short-term; Chakib Khelil, president of OPEC, the oil producers' cartel, admitted Monday he couldn't rule out prices hitting...
...Tsvangirai is pronounced the winner on Tuesday, the political violence that has gripped the country over the past month could escalate rather than abate, because commanders of the security forces have vowed never to yield to opposition rule. The MDC claims that 15 of its supporters have been killed, and hundreds more beaten, tortured and evicted as ZANU-PF attempts to assert its authority in rural areas and MDC strongholds. Outside observers concur that political violence is increasing. On Monday, the 215 opposition supporters rounded up in a raid on MDC offices in Harare on Friday - many of them injured...