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...even if the summit yields trans-Atlantic agreement on tougher regulations, Lannoo says the new determination to substitute sobriety for greed may be a harder line to sell to emerging nations. "Lots of countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East, and South America are going to say, 'these are reactions to your problems created by your systems - why should we listen to anything you say now?'," Lannoo says. "The challenge isn't just finding ways to prevent future excess, but also to convince nations like China and India to agree to turn off the music and quiet down when they...
...America (says Fussell) and the history of, oh, all of human history (claim Rimas and Fraser). Fussell, a vigorous and delightful writer, focuses her laser-sharp observations on the American West, while Rimas and Fraser are a little rangier, spanning from prehistory to the present and from Argentina to Africa...
...determined whether the loan screening technology has “sufficient predictive power,” Klinger wrote in an e-mail. The recent grant will enable the development and implementation of the EFL’s technology in lending environments in Africa and India as researchers attempt to vet the program...
...notion of using technology to gauge the potential for entrepreneurial success was pioneered by Klinger, who worked with a similar screening program in South Africa last year while completing his doctoral dissertation. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
...trial observer to attend the proceedings and for a copy of the charges and any other court documents related to the case." On Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Watch derided Sudan's domestic investigations into the Darfur conflict as nothing more than "window dressing." The group's Africa director, Georgette Gagnon, said that Sudan was clearly trying to block the ICC's work. "No one should be fooled by these moves," she said in a statement released on the group's web site...