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...even Borobudur may not be powerful enough to bring about a consensus that will satisfy the demands of capitalism and piety. Holy places attract big markets and arouse intense emotions. Jesus was so offended by the unseemly spectacle of commerce in the temple that he cast out the merchants and money changers, but today the piazza of St. Peter's in Rome teems with vendors selling plastic Piet?s. Paths are many; profit motive...
...Nine time zones from Moscow, Kamchatka has just begun to attract visitors. (A five-hour flight from Anchorage, Alaska, is the only international air connection to the peninsula). The 1,207-km-long region was off-limits to most Russians, not to mention foreigners, during the cold war because it was the site of a nuclear-submarine base and military radar installations. Today nearly a third of Kamchatka is protected nature reserves, including five parks designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO...
...have long been frustrated that Britain, with its traditions of free speech and its relatively relaxed controls, has ignored their warnings of Algerian terrorist suspects on its soil. The French have also chafed at British tolerance for the militant preaching of extremist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri. His sermons attract fundamentalist Muslims to the Finsbury Park mosque, including many Algerians who live in this north London neighborhood. Prominent terror suspects have found inspiration there, including alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid, Zacarias Moussaoui, now in a U.S. prison, and Djamel Beghal, a Franco-Algerian who is now in French custody...
...Other institutions have had premier fellowships of this nature to attract people for some time,” he said. “Now we will be able to level the playing field...
...It’s definitely a tangential benefit that we have such an extraordinary group,” he said. “It sends a great signal to young people around the country that we’re serious about doing whatever it takes to attract students into public service...