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...that reach the summit of diplomatic obfuscation. So it was on Feb. 6, when the Foreign Minister representing this century's ascendant power addressed a gathering that's a blast from the past: the Munich Security Conference, a 46-year-old annual gabfest that used to be populated by Western Europeans and Americans obsessed with plugging the Fulda Gap. Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was there this year, and he knew there was no chance he could avoid the single most important issue that leaders in the here and now confront: not Internet censorship in China, not U.S. weapons sales...
Harvard lost in the quarterfinal round in New Haven, Conn. to Princeton (11-4) on Friday, but rebounded to defeat Western Ontario on Saturday and Cornell (10-6) yesterday. The Crimson finished the team season 7-5 overall, with West leading the squad with an 11-1 record...
HARVARD 7, WESTERN ONTARIO...
...after losing to Princeton, Harvard rebounded in the consolation match to defeat No. 8 Western Ontario on Saturday...
...Such is the mix of anticipation and frustration forming, along with the rain clouds, over the western hemisphere's poorest country. Haiti's challenges seem even more daunting now that a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington has re-estimated the earthquake damage from $5 billion to between $7 billion and $13 billion, making it one of history's worst natural disasters. "This has never happened to a country before," says the European-educated Bellerive, 51, a doctor's son and international-relations expert. "Forty percent of our GDP was destroyed in 30 seconds...