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...hope this exchange can bring about a better cultural understanding. We have a lot to learn from each other,” said Harris Li, head of delegation for the Ivy Council and a Brown University sophomore...
...plenty of leopard footprints in the sand around our camps, but no sign of the owners or the pit vipers. One night, we try to keep a sentry fire burning all night in the rain to scare off wild elephants. The fire gutters out, but luckily the elephants have better things to do than crush us like bugs as we sleep...
...taking steps to ensure citizens find work. Last week, the Home Ministry announced a "massive operation" geared at detaining and deporting some 1.5 million illegal workers, mostly Bangladeshis and Nepalis. "We have to look after our own people first," Home Minister Syed Hamid told TIME. "[The illegal migrants]better leave before the operation starts...
...economist at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, says governments need to thrash out a regional system to deal with migrant grievances and to help stranded, indebted workers. "Asia only recently woke up to the importance of this invisible export," says Chatterjee about foreign workers. "There must be better regional cooperation...
...Netanyahu does, however, have a few strong cards. His coalition passed the Knesset vote with 69 out of 120 seats, a huge margin by Israel's fractious standards. He has shown himself to be a shrewd deal spinner, and his government may stand a better chance of arm-twisting the Knesset into accepting a U.S.-sponsored peace deal than a weak, center-left government ever could. As for Lieberman's belligerent views toward Arabs, Netanyahu aides hasten to say the Premier himself will handle ties with Washington and Arab neighbors. (See pictures of life under Hamas in Gaza...