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...importance until now. It is a change for the better that politicians have started thinking about the welfare of their citizenry on all fronts and are realizing that they need to make efforts to bring about a better standard of living through economic cooperation and development. Arvind A. Choudhari Belfast...
...prime importance until now. It is a change for the better that politicians have started thinking about the welfare of their citizenry on all fronts and are realizing they need to make efforts to bring about a better standard of living through economic cooperation and development. Arvind A. Choudhari Belfast Those Chinese who protest against the whitewashing of World War II events in Japanese textbooks have often been presented as a mindless mob. Suppose, however, that a German textbook claimed Nazi actions during the war were justified as a defense against Jews and communists. There would understandably be a huge...
...with photos of Einstein and copies of his notes and speeches. Tickets are $4. tel: (41-31) 312 0091; www.einstein-bern.ch Britain hosts a touring, hands-on exhibition called "Move over Einstein," which will be at the Science Museum in London until June 12, and then departs for Edinburgh and Belfast, among other locations. Targeted mainly at 11- to 14-year-olds, the show profiles some of the projects that Einstein's successors are working on, such as an electronic nose that can sniff your breath to make a medical diagnosis, and tiny robots that may soon navigate your bloodstream...
...basis for an armistice, if not a settlement, in one of the world's most tenacious conflicts. After a year of discussions between British and Irish negotiators, the two leaders flew to an Anglo-Irish summit at the 188-year-old Hillsborough Castle, twelve miles to the south of Belfast. There they signed an agreement giving the Irish government an official voice in the running of Northern Ireland for the first time. In return, the FitzGerald government strongly recognized the desire of Ulster's Protestants to remain under Britain's wing...
...ballot speak before the bomb and bullet speak." For the moment, Unionist politicians ruled out disruptive street demonstrations and strikes because they were fearful of causing further damage to the province's already ailing economy, with its 21.8% unemployment rate. But they did schedule a mass rally in Belfast for this weekend, and one extremist faction, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, threatened violence...