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...visits by Hatoyama's predecessors had been a regular irritant in Japan-China relations. In contrast to Gates' testy visit, Japanese officials rolled out the red carpet in December in Tokyo for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who was granted an audience with Japan's Emperor, at Hatoyama's request. His overtures to China are part of a larger foreign policy agenda to integrate Japan more closely into a growing Asia. He advocates the formation of an East Asian community along the lines of Europe's, with a common regional currency like the euro. Such plans have led some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change in Tokyo: Hatoyama's Bid for Respect | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

Flaherty has until next Monday to petition for a recount, as stipulated by election rules that allow candidates to make this request within six days of an election...

Author: By William V. Bergstrom, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DiDomenico Wins Democratic State Primary | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

Thus, many elite academic institutions have sought to welcome admitted LGBT applicants through special outreach programs; Harvard sets up “queer friendly” hosts for visiting admitted students who request them, and this year, the University of Pennsylvania has been vocal about establishing LGBT recruitment projects. These efforts have been welcome and valuable...

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

...three-member U.N. investigation panel - appointed by the international organization at the request of the Pakistani government - concluded that Pakistani authorities had "severely hampered" police investigation of the case. Furthermore, it concluded that the Pakistani authorities' failure to effectively examine Bhutto's death had been "deliberate." Drawing on a nine-month period of interviews and study of evidence, the commission's 65-page report does not finger anyone for the murder. Its heavily circumscribed parameters were never going to allow for that. But its findings suggest that there had been a determined effort to deny her adequate security, prejudice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.N. Probe of Bhutto Killing Faults Pakistan Military | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...many Big Macs as I wanted for five months. No, I told him, we did not need to run for our lives. Like I do with the Greenpeace volunteers in Harvard Square, I simply needed to politely decline the hooded figure’s request and go on my way.  I didn’t have five minutes to stop global warming, and I certainly didn’t have five minutes to get mugged...

Author: By Peter W. Tilton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Night in Bogotá... | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

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