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When the Dunster House library opened Sunday for the first time this year, every book was confined behind two silver metal bars—a development that drew criticism from residents and staff who say the bars will keep them from accessing the library’s books...
...President is left with a difficult task, like a salesman without a shiny car on the lot to show off. He is not exactly telling people to trust him - the theories behind the proposed cost savings are well documented. But he is promising something that cannot be demonstrated just yet, so instead of using the number he originally did, he has now settled on phrases like "It's going to start driving down our costs over the long term...
...Delhi houses people from all corners of the country, who have carried on the tradition of blaming one another for bad public behavior and who refuse to claim this orphaned city as their own. Few know the history behind even the largest monuments that dot the landscape and stand witness to Delhi's layered past. Because people here don't know one another, Delhi folk feel no compunction in replicating the same behaviors they disparage in others - honking horns, staring unabashedly at women (yes, even women stare at other women) and, not to forget, urinating in public, sometimes right next...
...other rising Asian giant, China. "It's the same case with all Asian cultures," says Joshi. "They want to showcase their modernity to show they've arrived. Take spitting, for instance. In Singapore, China, India ... it's seen as something that belongs to the past and should be left behind...
...action, citing that as justification for a recent rocket attack by fellow Islamist group Islamic Jihad. "If the Israelis stop all their attacks, there will be no rockets from [Islamic] Jihad and the other big movements," al-Nounou said. Islamic Jihad and other Islamist groups are believed to be behind almost all of the rocket attacks since the cease-fire came into effect. Though there is some suspicion that Hamas may have had a hand in one or two, it has not claimed responsibility for any post-cease-fire rockets launched into Israel...