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...American income tax on his prize money, then about $25,000. "I could imagine it would go for schools and hospitals, but in reality much of it would fund the war in Iraq." So he asked that the money be given instead to the American Civil Liberties Union and to Human Rights Watch. "I hoped my gesture would make people think. But there's been surprisingly little response. It seems we're all very afraid...
...mine victims and other disabled Afghans. Tens of thousands of mine victims will need health care and assistance for the rest of their lives, and there has been a chronic lack of resources to meet those needs. Opened in 1988 at the height of the war against the Soviet Union, the organization's Afghanistan orthopedic programs have treated more than 76,000. But they don't stop at giving people prosthetic limbs. The ICRC's Ali Abad Ortho Center in Kabul provides jobs, employing only the disabled. "We discriminate 100% here," says Alberto Cairo, an effusive Italian who heads...
Today, it is Harvard’s pleasure to welcome to campus Mikhail Gorbachev, who courageously led the Soviet Union out of communism when very few believed it was possible. For his undisputed contribution to ending the Cold War, Gorbachev remains a source of hope and inspiration. Unfortunately, the transition to democracy that he initiated in Russia is far from complete. The parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, which cemented the power of the autocratic Russian President Vladimir Puttin, were nothing but a tragic comedy. Putin’s party won the election?...
...explanation for Putin's popularity may be found in certain similarities to the man often credited with helping to bring down the Soviet Union. It's not that the former KGB man has any policy preferences or even a political style in common with Ronald Reagan, the great icon of contemporary American conservatism. But in the sense that he has made Russians feel good once again about their country, his appeal is Reaganesque...
...Vaillancourt led the team with two goals and an assist to help extend Harvard’s winning streak to eight games with a 5-2 triumph over the Engineers.After a 16-mile bus ride west, six different Harvard skaters scored in a 6-0 victory over bottom-dwelling Union (1-13-0, 0-6-0) in Schenectady. HARVARD 6, UNION 0 Just nine games into the season and nine Harvard players have multiple goals to their names.Offensive output from a multitude of sources is a recurring theme for this year’s Crimson squad—and Saturday?...