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...Amid all the turbulence, however, what's notable is that people are still flying - and a large majority will continue to do so. That's a big contrast to 2001, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when air traffic collapsed, pushing several of the big U.S. carriers into, or close to, bankruptcy and causing severe financial troubles for almost all major airlines around the globe. This time, there are grumbles aplenty, but no mass-scale defections. "Passengers are getting more used to the idea of terrorism as an ongoing threat," says Philip Baggaley, airline analyst for Standard...
...multiculturalism" - because it is based only on "culture" - won't endure as a unifying concept. What could emerge, as Nobel economics laureate Amartya Sen has suggested, is a plurality of monocultures. The moronic expression of this disease was glimpsed last December in Sydney's Cronulla riots and their criminal aftermath...
...rebuild the system, Townsend and others are calling for more help from the federal government, including an amendment to the 1974 Stafford Act that would provide long-term mental health assistance, rather than current rules that only allow funding for services in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided 1,200 volunteer counselors for the Gulf Coast until June 30, when funding for its Katrina response program ended. Local doctors would like to see that help continued as well as more help rebuilding the area's teaching hospitals and physician training programs...
...there's a hopeful note to be found in the depressing pile of statistics, it's that Katrina's aftermath should yield lessons for mental health care providers dealing with a future disaster. "People will learn from us," says Townsend. "Because a disaster like this will occur again...
...recent attacks on transportation networks in Western financial capitals was not lost on residents of Bombay. "First Madrid, then London, now us," says Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, a well-known Indian investor. "The terrorists were trying to attack the financial backbone of India, but it did not work." Indeed, in the aftermath of the bombs, Bombay's people showed resilience and bravery?just as those in Madrid, London and New York did in similar circumstances. The Sensex, India's benchmark stock index, rose 3% the day after the attacks. But for all the Mumbaiker spirit, the bombs showed that economic growth does...