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...detractors have long complained about Singapore's paternalistic politics and its straitlaced social environment that can be as stuffy as its equatorial climate. "I tell people Singapore is the Lexus of countries," says David Martin, a U.K. citizen who moved to Singapore three years ago and now is general manager of the Marina Bay Financial Centre, a $2 billion office-and-residential project that is under construction in downtown Singapore. "Lexus could be the most well-made car out there, but it will never be as attractive as a Mercedes or BMW." This ambivalence is perhaps heightened by Singapore...
...proud to be an American citizen and manage to stay fairly well informed. My views on current global affairs may be largely apolitical and often bipartisan, but I felt surprise and shock to see that President George W. Bush was missing from your list of the 100 most influential people. All things considered, I think it was a serious mistake. Raviprakash Govindrao Dani, Lubbock, Texas...
...Litvinenko died 22 days later from the invisible toxin apparently swallowed at that meeting. British investigators have tried to unpick the events, linking Lugovoi to a trail of particles shed by the polonium. Lugovoi denies blame, while Russia says its constitution prevents it from handing over a citizen to a foreign power...
...institution...in terms of a learning curve she has very little to go through, she can start and hit the ground running,” said Tijan Sallah, a World Bank employee who has worked with Okonjo-Iweala in the past. But Okonjo-Iweala is not a U.S. citizen, which could hurt her chances as the World Bank’s president has traditionally been an American citizen. President George W. Bush, who makes the nomination, told Reuters on Monday that he would like to continue that practice. Feldstein, whose name has not been widely aired by pundits, has been...
...unattractive residents of Cabot Science Library, outside the walls of Widener, there are people with lives far more interesting than your own. Forget French Presidential elections (can you say “Ennuyeux!”); FM will tell you all you need to know to stay an informed citizen. Topping the headlines this week is news of party princess Paris Hilton’s prison sentence—23 days for violating her probation. The heiress will have to do hard time at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, Calif., starting June 5. Paris was arrested...