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...unit subsidized housing complex, owned by Charlesview, Inc., an interdenominational faith-based, non-profit organization, was constructed in 1971 but has not been adequately maintained. Yet initial offers from the University for a land swap were rebuffed by the board and the residents. Even when the board voted in 2006 to accept an offer from Harvard for 6.25 acres of land where the Brighton Mills shopping center is currently located, residents remained dissatisfied, staging protests and charging that they were being excluded from the decision-making process...
...additional land provided by Harvard in the latest draft allowed planners to reduce the total number of units on the site while increasing the number of actual buildings, replacing several larger, multi-unit buildings with smaller structures. Jacques says the development’s height and density, which had been one of the main concerns in the original plan, will now be comparable to those of its surrounding neighborhood...
...been replaced by Mathew Iteere, who previously led the General Service Unit, a division of the police that was accused of some of the worst abuses during the 2008 violence. Alston authored a scathing report saying he believes that the police orchestrated a campaign of extrajudicial killings before and during the fighting that followed the election. He says Ali was singularly unhelpful during his investigation and feels that Kenyan courts should investigate Ali for his role in the police force's actions at that time. If Kenya doesn't investigate Ali, Alston believes he should be taken before the International...
...attempt to divert attention," Sam Mohochi, executive director of the Independent Medico-Legal Unit, a human-rights watchdog, says of the firing of Ali and several other police officers. "The latest task force on police reforms has yet to compile its report, so it's like stealing the thunder and pre-empting far-reaching reforms that might be promised. To us it's a political tactic...
...continuum, sport - which requires like to compete against like - does not. A decision on where to draw the line, and whether Semenya is blessed by natural gifts or unfairly endowed with a freakish biological advantage, can only be subjective, says Malcolm Collins, chief scientist at the Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine in Cape Town. From a scientific point of view, "it would be very difficult to draw a clear line in the sand and say this is it," he says. (See 100 Olympic athletes to watch...