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Reich cited the ongoing scandal in the Catholic Church as an example of how institutions clamp down on dissent and fail to regulate themselves...
...post-Enron world understandability of earnings reports is all the rage. Companies like Disney are voluntarily handing their auditing and consulting businesses to different firms, and legislation to clamp down on the accounting business is on the tip of Washington's tongue. The new Wall Street scrutiny just might reinvigorate a market for boring bean counters in green eyeshades - and make it possible for a tightly focused company like the new Andersen to charge a premium for unassailability...
...intifada. They complain this not only reinforces antidemocratic tendencies in Palestinian political life, but is also a spectacularly bad strategy that has squandered international sympathy for Palestinian street protestors by shifting attention to Israelis suffering the horror of suicide bombings. Israeli reports suggest Arafat is being urged to clamp down on terror attacks and instead encourage non-violent protest actions such as a peaceful march on Jerusalem. Palestinian sources claim that even U.S. mediator General Anthony Zinni indicated to Arafat that this would be a more productive course of action. And a network of Palestinian non-governmental organizations independent...
...Pakistani government has tried to clamp down on the trafficking. In 2000, authorities stopped 74 children en route to Dubai. But families willingly go along. The going rate - $500-$1,000 a child plus $120 a month for the two to three years a boy usually races - can propel a family out of poverty in a country where the average annual income...
Regrettably, it now appears that not only has Arafat failed to clamp down on the terrorist organizations that operate within Palestinian territory, he is actively willing to pursue a policy of violence on his own. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has repeatedly proclaimed his unwillingness to negotiate with terrorists. Unfortunately for Arafat and for the Palestinian cause, there now seems to be very little possibility of any thaw in relations between Sharon...