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...drag on the market has come mostly from two industries. If they cannot begin to advance, it will be hard for stocks as a whole to move much higher from here...
...From the late 19th century onward, when waves of poorer and hungrier Hokkien- and Teochew-speaking immigrants began washing up in Singapore, the dominance of the early Peranakans began to slowly decline. But their culture hasn't vanished, and those who want a glimpse of the Peranakan legacy should begin on foot in the residential Emerald Hill neighborhood of Singapore. The houses that wealthy Peranakan families built there are still adorned with the fretted arches and colorful ornamental tiles they borrowed partly from colonial Portugal. (See pictures of Singapore...
...power of relics: "When the Taliban first attempted to take control of Afghanistan in 1996, they knew where to begin. The Taliban leader Mullah Omar demanded to be let into a shrine containing relics of Prophet Muhammad: hair from his beard, and a cloak he is said to have worn. Seizing the cloak, Mullah Omar went to the roof of the shrine and slid his hands into the sleeves, holding the garment before him for everyone to see. To the crowd watching it looked like he had gone into the relic chamber and come out transformed into the Prophet himself...
After all, as Manseau concludes, "how can we begin to consider the meaning of whatever is left of Francis, Joan, Ella, the Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, or anyone dead but not forgotten, unless we acknowledge, with sadness, with wonder, that they began as small and perfect as the rest of us? These bones - fragile, mortal, beautiful - are where belief begins. Faith, at least according to Saint Paul's definition, is trust in things unseen. What, then, to make of relics? The point of them is to be seen, meditated on, keened over. Are they signs of weak faith, or strong? After...
...sense, an area that had been pushed by France and Germany but long resisted by some others. Under the deal, hedge funds and other financial-market players will be subject to far greater - and properly coordinated - international scrutiny, as will big banks with activities in several countries. "We'll begin to crack down on cowboys in global markets," said Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The tax-haven issue that almost sank the summit means that those not complying with international standards on exchanging information will be publicly named and shamed. (See a TIME video from outside the G-20 summit...