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...Another worry is that a heavy focus on detection technology for the entire region may be draining resources from the more critical problems of basic preparedness in those areas most threatened by tsunamis. "In western Sumatra, there is no emergency preparation beyond what would save 1% of the people here," says Kerry Sieh, a geologist at the California Institute of Technology who has spent years studying Indonesia. Sieh fears that a tsunami far deadlier than the one on July 17 could strike the western coast of Sumatra or Java at any time, and warns that the international community first needs...
...York-based Human Rights Watch, warns that the new vice and virtue cops could be "an instrument for politically oppressing critical voices and vulnerable groups under the guise of protecting poorly defined ideas of virtue." Zarifi said this would be especially true of women, who often find their basic human rights infringed in Afghanistan under the cover of morality...
...identifying with the latest brands in consumer goods. The big question is, What about the millions of Indians languishing in its dusty towns and villages, who still live a hand-to-mouth existence? After a hard day's work, one square meal is what they get, at most. Such basic amenities as power and clean drinking water are lacking. Caste still plays a malignant role, with upper castes dominating most high offices in government and the private sector. The Dalits should also get their share. Only then will there really be a new dawn for India. Nawal Thorat Aurangabad, India...
...having survived, not to bask in continuous self-congratulation. Traveling every day in the Bombay locals is a form of slow-motion terror; people commute in conditions (500 to a compartment) that would be illegal for the transport of animals. Much of the city exists outside the scope of basic municipal services such as water, roads and security. The government admitted that it had indications that an attack of this kind was coming, but could do nothing to prevent it. Through floods, bombs and riots, Bombayites have been forced to rely on their famous resilience and humanity?because they...
Since the Web's inception, Internet companies have struggled with a basic issue: Do they charge consumers for content or rely on ads? Now that PCs are ubiquitous and broadband is almost so, the free search-driven model, perfected by Google, in which advertisers are charged for the eyeballs they collect, has apparently...