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...witnessed the destruction of one village, in which 60 people were burned alive. “Families are stuck wandering, not sure if they’ll find food or water, not sure if their attackers will come find them,” she said. Farrow called for UN sanctions, arms embargoes, and the appointment of a special envoy to the region to stop the bloodshed. “The Obama Administration has not yet appointed a special envoy to Sudan,” she said, adding that American citizens must call their representatives and demand action...
...oath of office by City Clerk led by Margaret Drury. After the ceremonies, many Cambridge residents remained to debate plans for development in the Silver Maple Forest in neighboring Belmont, what residents referred to as one of the few remaining open spaces in an urban environment. The plans would sanction the construction of a 40B residential housing complex, intended to provide “low or moderate income” housing. Residents at the meeting said that the affected communities—Belmont, Arlington, and Cambridge—might see more harm than good come of the proposed development. They...
...like Roe v. Wade, would be unconstitutional? If a Catholic judge invalidated laws restricting abortion in conformity with the constitutional precedent, he or she would presumably be cooperating with the evil of abortion. On the other hand, if a Catholic judge ignored the precedent - perhaps seeking to avoid Church sanction, such as the threats of communion denial aimed at pro-choice Catholic lawmakers by some bishops in the past election - there would likely be increasing claims of religious bias. (See pictures of Barack Obama behind the scenes on Inauguration...
...response, Nesson said the RIAA is seeking to sanction him unless he withdraws this request...
...departing Bush officials shouldn't count their poulets before they've hatched. First off, Roquefort sales to the U.S. represent just 2% - or 400 tons - of the total Roguefort market. The 1998 World Trade Organization ruling that permits Washington to retaliate over the beef ban also limits that sanction to less than $116.8 million in annual European imports to the U.S. - not exactly a sum capable of forcing trade policy capitulation. And that original decision was undermined by a WTO revision last October, which accepted previously disputed scientific evidence from the E.U. on the health risks of hormone-treated beef...