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...wave of student activism on Burma at Harvard,” Billenness said, according to Simon Billenness, treasurer of USCB. Harvard students have in the past been active in promoting democracy in Burma, according to Billenness. In 1996, Harvard students successfully persuaded the University Dining Services to grant their soft drink contract to Coke instead of Pepsi, in criticism of Pepsi’s business operations in Burma. Coke itself is now the target of student activists at Harvard who allege that the company violates the rights of workers in Colombia...
...that cares ... for old people. A team of scientists at Riken's biomimetic-control research center in Nagoya has developed RI-MAN (for Robot Interacting with Human) to look after the elderly. Standing 5-ft. 2-in. tall, the robot can hoist 77 lbs; its 320 pressure sensors and soft silicone skin allow the robot to safely carry a human body. RI-MAN can also pinpoint where sound is coming from and "smell" eight scents--including urine, which signals "diaper change." But RI-MAN needs a brainpower boost before it's ready for consumers. It can't distinguish faces...
...during the current Congress; this, the Wall Street Journal points out, is fast catching up with the number containing the word gun. Surgeon General Richard Carmona says obesity is a greater threat than terrorism. Some public-health advocates have begun urging the government to put a warning label on soft drinks; others are calling for a "fat tax" on fast food...
...Bottom Line: “Ask the Dust” touches on issues of assimilation and intercultural relations still relevant in America today—and does it well. However, don’t take your grandma to this one…unless, of course, you enjoy watching soft-core porn with family members. —Staff writer Erin A. May can be reached at emay@fas.harvard.edu...
...brewing conflict with Fatah will test Haniya?who, as it happens, drives an ancient Toyota. His elevation has been courtesy of Israel's success in killing or arresting earlier Hamas leaders. Friends and Hamas colleagues say Haniya is soft-spoken and a good listener. He is described as a man with few enemies, which makes him a rarity in the politics of the Middle East. Haniya and Abbas are said to like each other. But as Zai Abu Amar, a legislator with ties to Hamas, says: "This is Haniya's first job in politics?and it's as Prime Minister...