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...France, of course, is not one of Iran's neighbors, and most of those countries would read the French comments as part of an effort to fabricate a sense of crisis over Iran's nuclear program. Indeed, even as Fillon spoke, the Gulf Cooperation Council - which includes such key U.S. allies as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait - was moving to open trade talks with Tehran despite U.S. calls for Iran?s isolation. And Egypt was hosting a high-level Iranian diplomatic delegation in talks aimed at normalizing relations, rejecting talk of confrontation and instead demanding...
...University Committee on Human Rights Studies hosted its annual kick-off event last night, during which former-member and University President Drew G. Faust, as well as others, spoke of the program’s continuing expansion. Faust commended the committee, noting that since its inception over a decade ago it has grown from an ad hoc committee of professors interested in human rights to a nexus for students, scholars, institutes and organizations within and around Harvard. The University president added that she was “inspired” by the high level of student engagement in human rights...
...moustache, he spent much of his career working in the Russian Embassy in Turkey. In his Kremlin office, he sat in an oversize armchair next to mine and smoked Marlboro Reds. In all, he came off as far more informal and direct than a Western counterpart would be. He spoke for over an hour, interrupting the conversation only for an occasional hacking cough or to answer calls as they came in, every few minutes, on his new iPhone. With elections on the way, a series of heated geopolitical statements to spin, the usually unforthcoming Russian government recently hired...
...dispute with former African American studies professor Cornel R. West ’74. West, who is black, left for Princeton after Summers reportedly asked him to focus more on traditional scholarship rather than producing rap CDs. Richard C. Blum, chairman of the University of California board of regents, spoke with Summers, now the Eliot University professor, last Thursday and rescinded the invitation, according to University of California spokesman Trey Davis. Susan Kennedy, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chief of staff, will replace Summers at the event. Several Harvard professors, including some critics of Summers’ presidency...
Iraq's cabinet met Tuesday for roughly one hour and discussed the role of security companies in the wake of a violent incident in Baghdad Sunday when a U.S. convoy protected by Blackwater contractors killed a reported eight Iraqis and wounded others. According to a senior Iraqi official who spoke to TIME, the cabinet decided to uphold a previous decision by the Minister of the Interior to suspend Blackwater's license. According to the senior official, Blackwater will be allowed to continue to operate inside the Green Zone, which includes the U.S. embassy and Iraqi government offices. But "they will...