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...period was a tumultuous one, characterized by residual student unrest on the campus following the student takeover of University Hall...
...tried with 22 other al-Qaeda suspects in Belgium's biggest ever terrorism trial. Seventeen of the other defendants were convicted on a range of lesser charges; five were acquitted. Setback for Silvio ITALY In a surprise sign of unrest within Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ruling coalition, the lower house of parliament passed two opposition amendments to a bill to overhaul the media industry. The bill, which critics say will benefit Berlusconi's business empire, must now return to the upper house, delaying its final approval. Berlusconi had characterized the secret ballot as a vote of confidence...
...former U.S. correspondent for Index on Censorship reads from her new book, Outspoken: Free Speech Stories. Levinson has written and taught about free speech issues for more than ten years, and is particularly interested in why censorship remains such an attractive solution to social unrest, and what actions can be taken to address these issues. Her book profiles twenty people from all walks of life who refused to let their right of freedom of speech be taken from them. 3 p.m. Free. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge...
...Blaming President Bush for the violence and sabotage in Iraq is like blaming a sailor for rough seas. Unrest in the Middle East is beyond any nation's control. The borders of the nations were formed by European colonials and do not reflect the groups of the region. To the people, the borders are cultural and ethnic, not political. There is no such entity as "the Iraqi people." They are Shi'ites, Sunnis, Kurds and so forth. Violence was a way of life under Saddam Hussein's regime. It is not possible for outsiders to do what is necessary...
...move that has stirred surprisingly little Faculty unrest, University President Lawrence H. Summers has revamped the historically autonomous tenure process at Harvard Law School (HLS). Unless transparency is made a priority, a potentially positive change could be little more than a power shift...