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...penal system where, according to the U.S. State Department and the U.N., torture is "routine" and "systematic." But after the Uzbek military reportedly killed at least 500 people after an uprising in Andijan two weeks ago, Karimov is under fire from a source that's more difficult to suppress: the international community. The British have called for an investigation into the shootings, as have the U.N. and the European Union. Craig Murray, the ambassador Britain recalled from Tashkent last year, says that Karimov is "indignant now that anyone should have the temerity to criticize him." The Uzbek government insists that...
When boxers, wrestlers and Taekwondo contestants at the 2004 Athens Olympics were randomly assigned either red or blue uniforms, researchers found that red won more bouts. The authors of the study, published in Nature, speculated that the color might boost the testosterone of those wearing it or suppress that of their opponents--or both...
...anyone’s idea is automatically “right” without hearing the other side, regardless of how ridiculous that other side may seem. Virtually all ideas, including civil rights, gender equality, and sexual preference equality, were once the minority opinion. The solution is not to suppress an opinion, but rather to address it directly and on its merits. I still hold out hope that American society will be able to see both sides of any issue and make its own educated choice, rather than forcing out the opinion that doesn’t fit the current...
...AFFAIRS. If you do not support [Marcos], you are not meddling. If you continue to support a regime that is unwanted, that is a form of meddling. Our point is: we are in effect asking you not to interfere by not supporting a dictator who uses your aid to suppress his people...
...unexpected outcome drew sharp protest from Greenpeace officials, who claimed that a deal had been struck between Paris and Wellington to suppress evidence gathered in the police investigation into the bombing. Greenpeace Chairman David McTaggart denounced the hearing as a "very low level" of justice. Said the conservative French daily Le Quotidien de Paris: "After smothering the repercussions of the Greenpeace affair, the Socialists are today benefiting from New Zealand justice...