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...BRAVE ONE Jodie Foster, returning to the sexual-attack theme of her Oscar-winning The Accused, plays a New York City radio personality who responds to an assault by going on her own private revenge spree. Neil Jordan, whose The Crying Game got a big Toronto boost 15 years ago, directs...
...These dams may boost economic growth in developing countries facing severe energy crunches. Vietnam, for example, suffers from chronic electricity shortages, and compared with coal-fired and oil-burning plants, hydropower is a relatively clean and inexpensive solution. But dams also have severe, long-term environmental consequences. Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where the river finally meets the sea, is a vast web of waterways that serves as a giant rice bowl, providing the nation with half of its total agricultural output. Yet in part because of the increasing number of dams reducing the flow of the river, salt water from...
...Despite appearances, India is still seriously underperforming. Its systems of justice, public education and health continue to constrain its growth. The half-baked economic reforms of 1991 did give India a boost, but the country had come off such a low base over the previous half-century that the effect was akin to that of an adrenaline shot on a man whose heart has stopped beating. India would enjoy higher and more sustainable growth rates if it reformed its institutions of governance. Unfortunately, India's universally corrupt political leaders display a singular aversion to undertaking reforms, particularly those...
...think this case was a milestone ruling. I expected the legal system to clear my name.' MA YING-JEOU, Taiwan presidential candidate and former head of the opposition Kuomintang, after a Taipei court cleared him of corruption charges. The ruling gives Ma a boost going into Taiwan's 2008 presidential race...
Meanwhile, California's cash-strapped state legislature is debating whether to approve Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to start allocating tuition-assistance funds to help boost membership in the 20,000-strong California Guard. Democratic state senator Lou Correa sent a letter to his colleagues this summer urging them to fund the additional benefits for Guard members. "A lot of these guys are losing their jobs, their houses, their cars because they're being called back to Iraq for a third time," Correa says. "Would we try to deny tuition assistance to World War II veterans? What's the difference...