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...winner of Haiti's presidential elections this week has yet to be announced, but the poll is being hailed as a success-a turnout of over 50%, the lack of organized violence and absence of widespread fraud signal a widespread commitment among Haitians to transform their political landscape. The turnout and orderly running of Haiti's most expensive ($75 million) may have surprised a skeptical international community, but it was no surprise to the Haitian people. Since last September, they have seen the election postponed four times as a result of the incompetence of the electoral council and a bungling...
...council then passed without discussion an order to investigate installing a traffic light and pedestrian walk signal on Mass. Ave. and Church Street, outside Johnston Gate...
...Some eyewitnesses said the fire on board may have ignited an explosion in the ship's vehicle parking bay, which occurred shortly before the vessel went down. Survivors interviewed by Time also complained of the poor response of the 96-person crew, which reportedly failed to issue a distress signal. Rifaat said that the ship sailed for at least 90 minutes after the first sign of trouble and might have been able to return without loss of life to Duba if it had turned around, which the captain reportedly refused to do. Mohammed Abdallah, 41, another Egyptian survivor, told Time...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will retain its present level of access to patron records at libraries—including Harvard’s—until March 10, after Congress voted to temporarily renew the U.S.A. Patriot Act Thursday. This second short-term renewal signals lawmakers’ reluctance to reauthorize the legislation over the long-term without changing the extent of the government’s access to library records. Harvard officials have argued that the FBI’s ability to demand patron information could have a chilling effect on academic freedom. “There...
Lewis said these proposals are problematic because they signal to students that they have little to gain from advancing further in their primary field of study...