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...there's one thing Belgium is known for above all else - more than Tintin, chocolate and female tennis stars - it's beer. The Belgians have a rich beer-making tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, with more than 125 breweries today; beer, it is said, is the very lifeblood of the country. But trouble is, ahem, brewing. Supplies of Belgium's top brands - Stella Artois, Hoegaarden and Leffe - are rapidly running low in bars and supermarkets as unions have set up blockades outside the country's largest breweries to protest proposed job cuts...
...this, according to the market-research firm Euromonitor International, is that the Belgian population is aging and thus less likely to go out to bars to drink. And the trend shows little sign of reversing. Fifty years ago, the average Belgian drank 118 liters of beer a year. Today, the figure is 86 liters...
According to Jennifer Flagg of the Cambridge Police Department, the man injured another adult male at the Pit today at 5:15 p.m. CPD is not currently able to provide a physical description of the perpetrator (Flagg said that the details posted by the Cambridge Chronicle are inaccurate...
...part of the new programming, which began on Jan. 11 and ends today, HBS students had the opportunity to participate in intensive seminars, travel around the world through the Immersion Experience Program, or pursue other independent studies and opportunities...
...Takao Toshikawa, editor of political newsletter Tokyo Insideline, says that Ozawa and his mentors have been fighting various battles with the office since the late 1970s. "At this moment, the Prosecutors Office and Ozawa are fighting the final war," says Toshikawa. (See pictures of Japan in the 1980s and today...