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...Tuesday, Yard Ops sent out the following e-mail vaguely notifying select freshman students of a “tour” that may be coming through their rooms today—without their consent...
...hall, some carrying signs that read, "Oppose the trash incinerator; Support a green Panyu." About 100 police officers converged to face off with the protesters, says Wen Yunchao, a blogger who was at the scene. "The protest has been organized and peaceful," he said. When asked by officials to select five representatives to negotiate their demands, the crowd began to chant, "We don't want to be represented," said Wen. People seen as protest leaders are often targeted for future punishment...
...Ukraine, where the media provide breathless daily updates during the weeklong competition to select the country's finalist, politicians have tapped into that symbolism, too. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko banned all public gatherings for several weeks, supposedly to slow the spread of swine flu. But when it came to Junior Eurovision, she decided that the show had to go on - if only so she could be photographed with the children ahead of January's presidential election. During the final on Saturday night, Tymoshenko took to the stage to thank all of the children for putting...
According to Blair, there is no difference between the selection criteria used for the 24 juniors and 48 seniors. She added that the 24 juniors select four student representatives from their group to participate in electing the chapter’s senior members...
...Tucked away on 300 acres of hilly jungle terrain, just north of a notorious Naxal stronghold, the college is strategically positioned to drill police forces in a strategy that until recently was reserved for training select army special forces: fight a guerilla like a guerilla. "Police are trained for carrying out normal law-and-order duties. They're not prepared for jungle combat or jungle living, but that's precisely what they must know to take on Naxals," explains the state's director general of police, Vishwa Ranjan. For decades the state had dismissed the Naxal movement's creeping ascendancy...