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...chagrin of human rights watchers, a Liaoning provincial court is indeed conducting business as usual. On May 9, it convicted labor activists Yao Fuxin, 52, and Xiao Yunliang, 56, of "subverting the political power of the state." Yao received a seven-year jail term; Xiao, four years. Their one-day trial occurred five months ago, but the sentencing date was announced on May 6, preventing their Beijing-based lawyer, Mo Shaoping, from attending, as Liaoning is now quarantining visitors from the capital for 10 days...
...Cambridge Licensing Commission—which is responsible for issuing one-day liquor and entertainment licenses for House formals held on campus—offered Mather House a “license on terms different from the normal ones,” according to Mather House Co-Master Leigh Hafrey...
...human blockades. Hay bales set on fire in the streets around the Transamerica Building. Police-car windows smashed all over town. A vomit-in by a small group at the base of the Federal Building to demonstrate that the war made them sick. 1,350 arrests--the highest one-day total in the history of the city--and a police plea for motorists to stay away from downtown. "Absolute anarchy," was how San Francisco assistant police chief Alex Fagan...
...RESIGNED. NASSER HUSSAIN, 35, as the one-day international captain of the English cricket team. Hussain announced his departure shortly after England's elimination in the first round of the International Cricket Council's World Cup, which he blamed on the team's loss of a crucial match against Australia. England's place in the next stage will be taken by Zimbabwe, whom the English refused to play in Harare, citing security reasons. The team lost four crucial points as a result of that boycott...
...tournament - gave victory to Australia, who went on to win the final. A primary host country has never won the world event. Once barred from international cricket because of the government's insistence on an all-white team, South Africa, with an impressive list of recent international one-day wins, now has five nonwhites in its squad. Two of them, opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs and fast bowler Makhaya Ntini, could well be in line for Klusener's crown. Much of the proceeds from the South African competition will be plowed into cricket development among the underprivileged black population. "We want...