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...University in Egypt, to consider them as potential sites for summer study, or academic years abroad, for interested students. One grant for more immediate use went to Gerald Gabrielse, Leverett professor of physics, who proposed sponsorship allowing students to work in his laboratory at the world-renowned CERN in Switzerland. “For many years, my whole career, actually, I’ve had undergraduates working in my laboratory,” he said. “I’ve usually had European students working with me and I felt it was unfortunate that Harvard students could...
...claim hinges on what happened after Australian SAS soldiers captured the three Iranians carrying a large sum of money on Highway 10. The Switzerland-based lawyer alleges the three men were from the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran, an Iranian opposition group which had significant military bases in Iraq, but was not fighting against the invading U.S.-led coalition forces. Henzelin says the problems arose when Australian soldiers handed the Iranians - and the money - to U.S. forces. In his claim, Henzelin alleges the Iranians were then subjected to interrogation and torture despite being members of a group which...
...management and quick response to new ideas, he says, Spanair can thrive in a tough market: "We have a cost structure comparable to [low-cost pioneer] EasyJet," steady profits and room to grow. Passenger numbers have jumped almost 20% this year. Spanair plans to expand to Algeria, Morocco and Switzerland in 2006. And it's aiming to be No. 1 in the Spain-Scandinavia market within a year. "We're the underdog," but that's a great thing to be, Nygaard says...
...celebrated essays and books staking out novel positions on education, politics, society, religion and the Enlightenment itself. He quickly became estranged from many former friends, and soon after persecuted by the authorities. After his 1762 critique of religion in “Emile” he fled first to Switzerland, then to Britain, and then, after a bizarre spat with David Hume, back to Paris—where he now lies in the crypt of the Pantheon.In choosing to present rather than to judge Rousseau’s character, Damrosch effectively frees the reader from judging. People who have heard...
...John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum. In her first speech to an American university audience, just a month before the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, Del Ponte discussed how her tribunal attempts to address the unlawful actions of political and military leaders from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, the 52-year-old Del Ponte rose to the position of Swiss attorney general, investigating connections between Italian drug dealers and Swiss money launderers, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the traditional secrecy of Swiss financial institutions. Her investigation of the Sicilian mafia led to a failed attempt...