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...said the restrictions on public information had nothing to do with the press surrounding the Gates episode, and in fact preceded the incident. “Certain information wasn’t being provided,” Harris said. “It’s kind of a slow erosion of public information.” “We think it’s the public’s right to know,” he said. Earlier this summer, Lindsay Kallander, a junior at Suffolk University, was mugged along the Charles River. Based on her experience...
...attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a good thing, right? That's what the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) thought. But now it finds itself under fire from American conservatives for proposing a new set of guidelines on sex education in schools as a means of helping young people avoid potentially dangerous sexual activity...
...lives and protect property and economies," said Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization. "It's not only governments, it's the private sector, it's individuals, it's farmers - everyone who has to make a decision that is affected by the climate." (Read "Can Geoengineering Help Slow Global Warming...
...kind of rest, so to speak,” said Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean of the Graduate School of Design and co-chair of the Common Spaces Steering Committee. “There’s a lot of movement, and people were keen to find ways to basically slow down the traffic...
...Dalai Lama was invited by local opposition leaders in southern Taiwan to come and visit the victims. Morakot hit Taiwan on August 8th and left at least 568 dead or missing and over 7000 homeless. The island has been angry at the government's slow relief efforts and is in pain from the loss of their loved ones and homes. For Ma, whose approval ratings have hit an all time low in Morakot's aftermath, rejecting the Tibetan leader's visit - as he did last December - would have been political suicide. A recent poll shows that sixty percent of Taiwan...