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...India and communist China would pose a very serious global threat. Yet I share his view that the long-term survival of India as a multicultural nation is more securely assured than that of communist China. Like all totalitarian states, China has decided to ensure the power of the central state by eradicating all local cultures and languages. A vast country such as India, with ancient traditions, many languages and several religions, has to tread a narrow path between the preservation of sometimes conflicting beliefs, and the richness they give the country. Jean Cévaër, PORNICHET, FRANCE
...India and communist China would pose a very serious global threat. Yet I share the view that the long-term survival of India as a multicultural nation is more securely assured than that of communist China. Like all totalitarian states, China has decided to ensure the power of the central state by subduing all local cultures and languages. A vast country like India, with ancient traditions, many languages and several religions, has to tread a narrow path between the preservation of sometimes conflicting beliefs and the richness they give the country. Jean Cévaër, Pornichet, France...
...SOURCE: CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS, STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF ISRAEL...
...team fight another fairly and by the same set of rules offers a welcome victory over ambiguity - regardless of who wins. In a painful recession it's not surprising that "people find an escape in [sport]," says Richard Crepeau, a history professor specializing in sport at the University of Central Florida. It offers the means "to get away from the difficulties of the moment." (See pictures of the last night at the old Yankee Stadium...
...Since the U.S. started negotiating with North Korea over 15 years ago, hawks and doves within succeeding administrations have always wrangled over a central dilemma: Are the North Koreans bribeable? That is, are there sufficient economic as well as diplomatic incentives available to get the North to give up its nuclear program for good? A recent policy paper from the Asia Society and the University of California that has circulated in Washington discusses the ways in which "the economic dimension" can "induce and reinforce the peaceful transformation of the DPRK into a country that can provide adequate livelihood...