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...Race and Rugby SOUTH AFRICA The country's Rugby Football Union launched an inquiry into allegations of racism that threaten to divide the sport on the eve of October's World Cup in Australia. The allegations were made by the national team's communications director, Mark Keohane, who resigned his post after a white player who refused to share a training-camp room with a black teammate was cleared of racism...
...international shelf life of decades. Richard Lyttleton, president of classics and jazz for EMI International, points to the example of superstar conductor Simon Rattle: "For 15 years we carried a debit balance on his recordings." During those years management consultants repeatedly told Lyttleton to drop Rattle; Lyttleton had to threaten to resign to protect the conductor. His loyalty and patience paid off; these days Rattle's albums are all but guaranteed to make the classical Top 10 charts. "If you spend a long time building promising talents," says Lyttleton, "you increase your chances that they...
...army, which feared some of its officers might be named as scapegoats, strongly opposed the creation of the committee. But Knesset officials insist that it is vital to examine Israel's intelligence methods in the event other countries in the Middle East, such as Iran, threaten Israel with these kinds of lethal weapons. The committee expects to produce a summary of its findings in six months, though the full report will be classified. --By Matt Rees
...alternative is awful: not just that North Korea might one day threaten the U.S. directly but also that the cash-strapped regime in Pyongyang could decide to sell its nuclear material to other rogue states or to terrorists. Last week Chinese diplomats shuttled between Pyongyang and Washington trying to restart talks among the U.S., China and North Korea, but internal divisions between hard-liners and moderates in all three capitals are stalling progress...
...answers seem clear to me. Should websites be allowed to publish the name of the accuser? Yes, unless they specifically encourage people to harass or threaten the accuser, it is protected speech under the First Amendment. Should these people be doing so? No, it is rude and irresponsible. Fortunately, in this country, we all have the right to be rude and irresponsible. James Sweet Rochester...