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...protesters are demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva step down and call a new election. They are mainly supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006 and now lives abroad rather than serve a prison term for a corruption conviction. After protesters invaded the parliament building on Wednesday, Abhsiit declared a state of emergency and issued arrest warrants for 27 protest leaders. The order bans public gatherings and under its provisions the government shut down a television station run by protest leaders which the government claimed was broadcasting distortions. (See pictures...
...death of Kaczynski, who with his brother was a dominant force in Polish politics, brings political uncertainty. A presidential election had been due in October but now must be held within two months, according to the constitution. Kaczynski was widely expected to seek another five-year term as president. Opinion polls had suggested he would lose to Tusk's centrist candidate, Bronislaw Komorowski (who, as speaker of the lower house of parliament, will take over the president's duties in the interim, under the terms of Poland's constitution). But Saturday's tragedy may have changed the political picture...
...longer winter vacation, often referred to as January Term, was created as part of the University’s calendar reform, which took effect this academic year...
Legata—whose name alludes to the musical term to express smooth connectedness—currently hosts Crimson Forum, a message board site that aims to facilitate undergraduate discussion on a wide variety of topics, as well as Crimsonlist, Harvard’s version of the online classifieds Web site Craigslist...
...addition to the event calendar, the UC also has long-term plans to re-vamp the UC Web site in an effort to make the UC more accessible and transparent to students...