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...role models in the likes of Brooke (from The Bold and Beautiful), Ally McBeal and Rachel from Friends rather than simply following the paths of their mothers and grandmothers. Most importantly, teenage and twentysomething Indian women want the same independence as their television heroines appear to enjoy, and have begun questioning the idea of marriage, which in India has traditionally occurred at a far younger age than in the West. Some, especially in the more Western-oriented southern Indian cities of Bangalore and Chennai, even trying live-in relationships. Of course, much of India remains rural and poor, and life...
Many ordinary Bangladeshis applauded the anti-corruption drive when it began and love the fact that the former leaders of a country widely perceived as amongst the most corrupt in the world are finally facing justice. But over the past couple of months some Bangladeshis have begun to worry that the caretaker government is throwing its weight around a bit too much. Human Rights organizations inside and outside the country accuse the current government of torture, extra-judicial killings and the mass arrest of as many as 200,000 people. Diplomats and international organizations such as the Commonwealth have called...
...over the past two months, including the suicide of one minister under a cloud of corruption (Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka), the resignation of another (Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma) for a foolish remark on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, and worst of all, the pension crisis. "The LDP has begun to melt down," gloats Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, a high-ranking DPJ member. A recent survey by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper pegged Abe's approval rating at an anemic 32%, and it's likely that the LDP and its ruling coalition partner, the New Komeito Party, will drop enough seats to lose...
...contrast to Americans, who in recent years have tended to spend more than they make. Just 4% of Chinese have credit cards, and purchases using plastic average less than $1,000 a year per cardholder. By Western standards, Chinese consumers simply have not yet begun to spend. As a result, "less than a handful of these new [malls] will meet expectations," Parker says. "China's most important cities are literally littered with spaces that are dark and underperforming." Statistics detailing nationwide vacancy rates for retail centers are hard to find, but in the economic powerhouses of Beijing and Shanghai, rates...
...digging positions and training new fighters - despite resolutions passed by the U.N. Security Council last summer calling for it to disband. What's more, the Shi'ite party appears to be preparing for battles on two fronts: against Israel and against Hizballah's sectarian rivals in Lebanon. Hizballah has begun marshaling a new reservist army of Shi'ite street fighters, which would allow Hizballah's regular combatants to concentrate on confronting Israel rather than becoming embroiled in fighting fellow Lebanese. "The war is coming definitely and Hizballah needs a fighting society," says Mohammed, a young Hizballah activist in Beirut...