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...precedent for the future," implying it might help protect captured U.S. soldiers. In Afghanistan, the U.S. renewed missile strikes on suspected al-Qaeda targets while heavy snow left thousands of villages without access to food or medical aid. At least five people died when an avalanche blocked the Salang Tunnel. Faction leaders met to resolve security problems, while Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf pledged to help the country's reconstruction...
...some activists remain steadfast in their opposition despite the apparent benefits of the tunnel due to their determination to block anything related to the CGIS...
It’s not quite the Big Dig, but it has provoked Cambridge city activists who want to block Harvard’s creeping expansion into their neighborhoods. On Wednesday, the Cambridge Planning Board approved Harvard’s proposal to construct a tunnel underneath Cambridge Street that would link the two buildings that will compose the new Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS). The latest skirmish over a tunnel has been another example of Cambridge activists’ knee-jerk disapproval of all Harvard construction, even when the community stands to benefit...
...tunnel is planned for the northeast corner of campus to connect two buildings on opposite sides of Cambridge Street that have already been approved by the City Council. The tunnel might even decrease traffic on city streets. The passageway will reduce congestion in the area by essentially eliminating the need for CGIS workers and visitors to hold up traffic by frequently crossing busy Cambridge Street to pass from one building to another...
Pitkin, one of the neighborhood’s few representatives at last night’s meeting, said that the planning board didn’t consider the impact of tunnel construction on the neighborhood—but he said he believes the city council will...