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...This is by no means an appeal to vote for onecandidate or another, but rather a request fromone sister to her family to pray for our brotherand sister," White wrote in the e-mail message...
Although the Harvard University Telephone Directory Request Line still informs callers that "Harvard directories will be available in the beginning of November," officials said yesterday that the books would not arrive until later this month...
Commissioners also denied the fraternity's request for an undergraduate resident advisor, hinting at MIT's problemswith alcohol and alluding to last year's bingedrinking death of first-year fraternity pledgeScott Krueger...
...generalissimo is not untouchable. Britain's court of appeals Wednesday ruled that General Augusto Pinochet has no immunity from prosecution, opening the way for London's courts to hear a Spanish extradition request. Violent demonstrations erupted in Chile following the decision. But with the immunity issue resolved, the final word on Pinochet's fate will now rest with the Labor party government. "They could release him on compassionate grounds," says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand, "but there'll be strong pressure from within the party to proceed. This government has cloaked itself in the mantle of human rights...
...toss the Abdullah Ocalan hot potato to Germany, but Bonn will probably decline to catch it. Turkey's government -- which collapsed Wednesday in the face of a corruption scandal -- has signaled it would be happy to see the Kurdish rebel tried in a third country. Italy refused Turkey's request to extradite Ocalan, but Germany could still potentially charge him with incitement to murder. For all Turkey's protests, Italy's decision may actually help Ankara by sparing them the trouble that might have arisen from trying Ocalan at home. "Putting Ocalan on trial in Turkey could cause further turmoil...