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...Regardless of the future of U.S.-Iran relations, however, a Jaafari-led government poses a unique set of challenges for Washington in the months ahead. While he has indicated that he has no plans to call for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq until such time as Iraqi forces are in a position to maintain security, many of his own supporters are pushing for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal - as are some of the Sunni groups to which he is reaching out. Jaafari has previously been sharply critical of U.S. military actions in Iraq, particularly during last August's confrontation...
...than for sexual assault (seven in ’00), but no student groups or committees of the Faculty are specifically working towards ending it. The Ad Board can—and does—require students to withdraw for even minor cases, but when faculty are publicly caught for it, they receive a slap on the wrist or less...
...Summers is to gobble an entire platter of mayonnaise sandwiches, and rightfully so: plagiarism undermines the basic trust so fundamental to the academic experience. According to Secretary of the Administrative Board John T. O’Keefe, the typical response to documented cases of plagiarism is a requirement to withdraw from the College—effectively a two-semester suspension from school—although a range of disciplinary measures can be taken depending on the severity of the offense...
...discrepancy between the treatment of faculty and administrators and that of students? In an interview, Dean O’Keefe stated that the Ad Board-imposed requirement to withdraw is not solely intended to punish students, but rather is meant to “teach students about taking responsibility for using sources well...
...Mahmoud Abbas owes his presidency in no small part to the backing of the al-Aqsa Martyr?s Brigade, who facilitated his election by persuading the more popular imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to withdraw from the race. (The most authoritative Palestinian polls suggest Barghouti would have beaten Abbas by four percentage points.) Many of their grassroots members are also the rank-and-file of Abbas?s uniformed Palestinian security services, on whom he would have to rely in any crackdown. Hamas, meanwhile, has moved into the mainstream of Palestinian politics, and in recent municipal elections in Gaza its candidates...