Mr Karimov has insisted that his troops were not ordered to open fire and blamed the violence on Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned Islamist group.

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Some observers had thought the justices would wait to act on the Michigan case until they announced their ruling on the UT program, which is expected before July.

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Dr. Groat is no longer on faculty at UT Austin.

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Initial reports released by the UT Police Department on Wednesday indicated that the student's cousin -- a UT student and Pi Kappa Alpha member who says he wasn't at the house that night -- told investigators that the hospitalized student had used an alcohol enema.

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In the UT Southwestern, patients on both regimens gained weight.

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"It was obvious Adelaide was trying to buy its way, and quite a few delegates changed their vote on that, because they felt uncomfortable abo ut it, " the sources reportedly said.

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Since every high school, no matter how low its standards, has a top decile, the law gave UT a lot of poor and minority kids who never would have made it on the basis of academic ability.

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