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When in high quantities, PCBs—man-made chemicals which were commonly used in buildings built between the 1950s and 1970s and are also often found in fish—can cause cancer and harm the immune system, short-term memory, and cognitive skills of children exposed to the chemical in while in the womb...
...negotiations that were revived this week in the hope of resolving the Honduran coup crisis still haven't cracked the critical issue: whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya will be restored to office and allowed to finish the final three months of his term. The U.S., the Organization of American States (OAS) and every other nation in the world have condemned the June 28 military coup as antidemocratic - and they've warned the installed President, Roberto Micheletti, that they won't recognize the results of Honduras' long-planned Nov. 29 presidential election if Zelaya isn't reinstated beforehand...
...coup. But U.S. officials, while insisting they've not given up on restoring Zelaya before Nov. 29, acknowledge they're considering a Plan B - perhaps brokering more international oversight of the balloting while forging a deal that reinstates Zelaya after the election so that he can finish out his term, which ends on Jan. 27. "We've always preferred a restoration of constitutional and democratic order in Honduras that includes the restoration of Manuel Zelaya," one State official tells TIME. "But the elections are going to take place either way, and the international community needs to come to terms with...
Either way, the State official says the long-term needs of Honduran democracy should also be weighed. Both sides have to "construct a national dialogue" that addresses "the political polarization plaguing Honduras in the first place," the official says, adding that the election "could end up providing new political leadership that finally confronts that problem." And to their credit, the leading presidential candidates - Porfirio Lobos of the National Party and Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party - have contributed responsibly to resolving the crisis...
...have less than 24 hours to turn in your application to stay on campus for J-term. Confusion has surrounded the housing decision process since even before the application was released earlier this semester, with some officials suggesting a thesis guaranteed a spot on campus come January. Interim Dean of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer has said thesis writers will need to demonstrate a "clear need" to be at Harvard, but what exactly that means, remains unclear...