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...generation ago, a young couple like this might have simply tried to leave India in search of a better life. Avishek and Soma plan to do something more radical. They will vote in the national elections - which began April 16 and are staggered over five weeks - in a conscious effort to hold their government accountable. The Chakrabortys are part of India's youth vote, a demographic that is too large for any political party to ignore. Of India's 1 billion citizens, 40% are under 18; 70% are under 35. In the cities, voting rates among younger citizens...
...April interview, Flores also voiced concerns that the campaign would be too costly in the current economic climate and would “distract” from the UC’s other responsibilities, including grant-giving and advocacy...
...your idea of an exotic cruise destination, Carnival will waive its cancellation policy and allow customers to reschedule for a later cruise. Princess is offering to credit you back 50% of the fare you paid for a Mexico cruise, which you may use toward any other cruise through April 2011. If you want to cancel altogether, the standard policies apply - unless you bought the Princess Vacation Protection insurance, which gets you a credit of up to 90% of the fare; without insurance, you forfeit your fare. To date, no cases of swine flu have been reported aboard cruises in progress...
Pakistan's generals got the message - the message being that Washington expected them to push back. On April 27, Pakistani security forces launched an offensive to "eliminate and expel the militants from Buner," as army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas noted. Two weeks ago, Pakistan's parliament had endorsed a peace agreement that involved the imposition of Islamic Shari'a law in the Malakand Division, which includes Swat and Buner. The Taliban insist that it allowed them to maintain an armed presence; the military rejects that claim and made clear its intention to limit the Taliban from further advances...
...Once Calderón's administration learned on April 23 that it was dealing with a new flu virus type - A/H1N1, a unique mix of swine, avian and human strains - it moved swiftly to control its spread. As of Saturday night, the official number of confirmed swine-flu cases in Mexico stood at 473, less than a third of early estimates, and the death toll was only 19. (Health officials have stopped publicly tallying suspected cases; there are still so many garden-variety flu cases that they felt continued reporting of suspected cases of swine flu would unnecessarily...