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...deal with the south that offered it only loss of territory and oil. That bad faith reinforced enthusiasm for separation in the south. "People felt they would remain second-class citizens inside Sudan forever," says Ann Itto, deputy general secretary of the southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). Independence became the official southern goal. Under the CPA, it was also an option. Which is how, by backing a peace deal, the world now finds itself also supporting the breakup of Sudan by default...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Sudan: Can This Be the World's Newest Nation? | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

Joia Mukherjee, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and chief medical director of the nongovernmental organization Partners In Health, pointed to American policy promoting the movement of people from rural to urban areas in Haiti as a cause of urban “over-concentration...

Author: By Graeme W. Crews, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chomsky Talks Haiti Relief | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

What: The Harvard Ballet Company brings you a performance that juxtaposes classical lines and contemporary movement. This performance features innovative choreography from guest artists, in addition to works by student choreographers. Tickets are on sale at the Harvard Box Office; $8 for students, $12 for adults, $8 for seniors...

Author: By Barbara B. Depena, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Weekend Roundup | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...detect homosexual tendencies and serious psychiatric problems.” Now, sexual orientation is again becoming a controversial subject for elite college admissions officers. The LGBT interest group Campus Pride has proposed adding an optional question about sexual orientation to the Common Application.  Supporters of this movement believe that such a question will better enable colleges to meet the needs of LBGT prospective applicants and would produce a more sexually diverse classes. However, although it has the best intentions, the current proposition is flawed for several reasons...

Author: By Ryan M. Rossner | Title: Should Colleges Ask? | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...Reactions in some quarters have been harsh. The U.S.-based anti-Khartoum advocacy movement accused the U.S. of endorsing a "sham" election. The ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, likened the task facing foreign observer teams to "monitoring a Hitler election." Amid such criticism, the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, Major General Scott Gration, headed to Sudan to try to salvage the sinking electoral ship but ended up only enraging al-Bashir's northern opposition by expressing his confidence that the vote would be as "free and fair as possible." John Ashworth, a veteran of 27 years in Sudan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan's Flawed Vote: Re-Elect an Indicted Ruler | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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