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...Africa's Oil" [June 11]: Africa is still the least developed of continents. It has to be given a chance to rise without dictators who are groomed, financed and put in power by the West. From Gabon to Nigeria to Guinea, it is the same story: a hundred cronies surround a dictator who connives with oil companies to amass wealth while millions live in dire poverty. Western governments and their oil companies must step in and stop the looting! Just as Western banks do not accept al-Qaeda's money, so too should they refuse African dictators' stolen money. Those...
Moore dismissed the controversy surround his visit to Cuba with a group of 9/11 responders seeking medical treatment, documented in his new film. He said he had not intended to go to Cuba in the first place. "I didn't go to Cuba. We left Miami to go to Guantanamo Bay - to American soil." Only after being ignored at the mouth of Guantanamo Bay did he instead dock and disembark on Cuban soil. Since then, he says, he has been harassed by the U.S. government. "The Bush Administration sent me a certified letter 10 days before the Cannes Film Festival...
...sector—Summers joined the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. as a part-time advisor last October, and says he plans to continue next year. Summers was likely attracted to D.E. Shaw in particular, Zeckhauser said, because of its quantitatively oriented approach to investing and the opportunity to surround himself with particularly intelligent co-workers...
...student gaming group has set up a “Harvard Gamespace” in Leverett House where students can get their video game fix. Tucked away on the first floor of Leverett F-Tower, the Gamespace boasts a big screen television, an Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii, surround sound, and 13 games. The room’s library includes popular titles such as Madden 2007 and Wii Sports, and organizers said that plans are in the works to add a Playstation 3 by next week. According to Harvard Interactive Media Group (HIMG) President Benjamin S. Decker...
...strike has been accompanied by daily demonstrations in Harvard Yard, where for the past two days over 150 protesters have gathered to surround Mass. Hall and University Hall and call for higher wages from AlliedBarton...