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...absurd. For a start, Hong Kong is a commercial city of nearly 7 million people; Monte Carlo a town of just 16,000. Yet Monte Carlo is a metaphor for things that Hong Kong should stand for?quality, wealth, low taxes and a sort of independence. A more obvious comparison might be London, which, despite Britain's decline, has maintained its global status thanks to a multinational population and the determination of its financial markets to see the world as their hinterland...
...bodies are photographed, X-rayed and visually examined; some undergo a full autopsy. The most reliable clues to a dead person's identity are known as primary criteria - fingerprints, dental records, DNA or implanted medical devices marked with a serial number. DNA matching is the gold standard; it requires comparison between DNA from human remains and that found, say, on a hairbrush or toothbrush belonging to the missing person, or with a close relative's DNA. The family of a woman still missing last week, 27-year-old Rachelle Lieng Siong Chung For Yuen from Mauritius, provided police with...
...bring in its Disney Channel because of restrictions on media ownership. Legitimate Disney DVDs cost up to 10 times as much as knock-offs, restricting sales to a trickle. A hot title like Finding Nemo sold a scant quarter of a million or so genuine DVDs in China. (By comparison, Nemo sold nearly 15 million DVDs in the U.S. and Canada during its first two weeks alone.) The company, as a result, has lobbied the Chinese government to crack down on piracy...
...least people like Shimogaki?struggling nobly in the face of adversity?enjoy a measure of sympathy from their countrymen. In comparison, no consequence of Japan's restructuring has so vexed the country as the rise of the "freeter"?the name for a highly educated young person who seems to have it all but stops trying. Because a college education has become less likely to guarantee lifetime employment, the sons and daughters of baby boomers have increasingly resorted to taking part-time or temporary jobs without high pay or much chance of job development. (Coined by a job-placement magazine, "freeter...
...yesterday, The Crimson received dozens of e-mails from College students who were in London during the attacks. Many lauded University administrators for their concern and responsiveness, and one student noted that Harvard’s response to the attacks had been “great” in comparison with that of the London School of Economics, where he is studying this summer...