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This movement against graft faces its biggest test in the BAE Systems case. Anticorruption advocates are livid. "There are great concerns around the world about this decision to stop the investigation. It's just what we tell everyone not to do," says Huguette Labelle, chancellor of the University of Ottawa , who chairs the board of Transparency International, an anticorruption pressure group. She points to a glaring discrepancy in the behavior of the government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who spearheaded the eiti and has made good governance a cornerstone of his African aid policy. "It's difficult to understand...
...Saudi Arabia to tell them Rice was coming with a commitment to solve the Palestinian issue. "There is a shift. There is no doubt about that," says an Arab official. "But how deep, how strong this effort is going to be--it's too early to tell." The first test will come later this month, when Rice plans to convene a summit in Jerusalem between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
...Engineers (12-14-1, 8-7-1) in Troy tomorrow evening. The steps that the squad is trying to make in preparation for the postseason, therefore, may go unnoticed until the Crimson again has the chance to challenge one of the country’s best teams. That test may await on Tuesday at No. 9 Boston College in the opening round of the Beanpot Tournament, but, with six conference tilts left and only one against a team with a winning record, it could lie as much as a month in the future. “We have to take...
...talks with Tehran over Iraq and the nuclear issue, Iran's leaders are divided over what to concede in their attempts to head off a potential clash. The country's response to the U.N. Security Council's Feb. 20 deadline to cease uranium enrichment will be the first real test of whether Iran will blink. But even if officials here are increasingly anxious about the approaching deadline and rising tension with Washington, ordinary Iranians - mostly relying for information on newspapers that downplay the crisis - feel secure. "America has already shown in Iraq that it can't do anything," say Jaleh...
After exams ended, the Harvard men’s hockey team faced its biggest test of the season when it embarked upon a three-game road trip against the top three teams in the ECAC. Having lost to St. Lawrence and Clarkson University on back-to-back nights last weekend, the Crimson (7-12-1, 5-9-1 ECAC) skated to a 2-2 tie last night against No. 18 Quinnipiac (12-8-5, 8-3-4) in Hamden, Conn.“We’re frustrated, but when you look at the league, we did just play...