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...soon be making additional courses (or excerpts thereof) available via podcast,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. This fall, according to Malan, the course podcasts saw four terabytes of downloads in just the first 10 days. Podcasts are one of the ways the course instructors seek to accommodate various students’ needs. “We don’t view the podcast as a replacement for live classes but, rather, as a supplement,” wrote Malan. But for those who cannot attend the class at Harvard, the podcasts present an attractive alternative...
...There was some deliberately vague talk of the U.S. military giving the Iraqis more responsibility for security, but no indication of how much or how soon. Al-Maliki pronounced the Iraqi forces "capable enough of protecting the country and its citizens against those who seek to undermine their safety," but many of those very citizens - especially the Sunni minority - feel threatened by the men in uniform...
...religious freedom throughout the trip. The explicit softness in his approach to Islam allowed him to make an implicit plea for allowing religious minorities in Muslim countries - and everywhere - to freely practice their religion. On his first day, the Pope told diplomats in Ankara that religions must "not seek to exercise direct political power." On Thursday, he and Bartholomew I, Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the tiny Orthodox community in Turkey, delivered a joint statement that insisted that religious "minorities must be protected, with their cultural traditions and the distinguishing features of their religion...
...establishment of an international tribunal by the United Nations to investigate these assassinations and subsequently carry out trials. John Bolton, asked by a reporter whether the UN should consider postponing the question, said: “How incredibly wrong that would be…Not the time to seek justice...
...Sadr's group, meanwhile, couched its response as a suspension of participation in - rather than a withdrawal from - the government, allowing for it to return to the fold in exchange for concessions. And despite Washington's chagrin, Maliki will likely seek to restore the Sadrists to his coalition rather than face the collapse of his government. But the reason Washington wants Sadr out is that his group is widely viewed as a key source of sectarian violence. So as long as Maliki is looking over his shoulder in Sadr's direction rather than in Bush's, the prospects...