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Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com
At United Nations, Chile's President Recalls Letelier Murder
United Nations, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Speaking to the United Nations
Wednesday, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made an unusual and
emotional recollection of the assassination in Washington of her country´s
former Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier, and stressed that her government
rejects impunity.
Letelier, who was also defense minister during President Salvador Allende´s
Unidad Popular government, was the victim of a bomb attack in DC 30 years
ago by terrorists of Cuban origin.
Orlando Bosch, who lives in Miami under the protection of US authorities,
is among those terrorists of Cuban origin involved in the attack,
coordinated with the espionage service of coup Gen. Augusto Pinochet´s
dictatorship.
Bosch, together with Luis Posada Carriles, also of Cuban origin, planned
the terrorist bombing of a Cubana de Aviacion passenger plane in full
flight, killing all 73 aboard. Posada Carriles is also in the United States.
Bachelet declared that nothing justifies that human rights violation. Chile
rejects impunity, she stressed.
The first woman to assume power in that South American country recounted to
the international community the brutal terrorist action against the ex
minister of overthrown President Allende, when the human rights issue was
raised during the discussions.
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Hugo Chavez | Address to the United Nations
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Reuters via Yahoo! News
Yale University to post courses on Web for free
Wed Sep 20, 2:03 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Yale University said on Wednesday it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort to make the elite private school more accessible.
While Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and others already offer course material online without charge, Yale is the first to focus on free video lectures, the New Haven, Connecticut-based school said.
The 18-month pilot project will provide videos, syllabi and transcripts for seven courses beginning in the 2007 academic year. They include "Introduction to the Old Testament," "Fundamentals of Physics" and "Introduction to Political Philosophy."
The courses cannot be counted toward a Yale degree, and educators say they are no substitute for actual teaching.
Students at Yale -- one of the nation's most exclusive schools and the alma mater of President Bush -- can be expected to spend nearly $46,000 for this year's tuition, room and board.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share a vital and central part of the Yale experience with those who, for whatever reason, are not in a position to pursue a Yale education at first hand," Yale President Richard Levin said in a written statement.
The project is funded by a $755,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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