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...Indian living in England, I often wonder what the true cost of this economic boom is, especially the impact on Indian values and culture. Extended families are becoming fragmented, the young have little pride in their culture, and there is contempt for everything that is old. In contrast, a developed nation like England is steeped in tradition and still manages to hold on to its history. There was a time when people didn't have much money but life was less complicated, a time when what you had mattered more than what you didn't have. Hitesh Mathew Farnborough, England...
...contrast, there's a practicing medicine man for every 150 Ugandans, which is why traditional healers like Okello are playing an increasingly important role. "Traditional healers are in the neighborhood, and they're open 24 hours," says Dr. Dorothy Balaba, executive director of Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS (THETA), an aid group based in Kampala, Uganda's capital. For 80% of the Ugandan population, traditional healers represent the treatment of choice...
...contrast to Grassi and Fantini’s compromise proposal, Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 and School Committee member Nancy Walser remain at the poles. The former is Fowler-Finn’s strongest opponent, and the latter his strongest supporter...
...loyalties that shape Zidane's Europe were on display in the World Cup Final long before the notorious head-butt. For France, all but four of the 14 players used in the game were children or grandchildren of Africa, from both sides of the Sahara. Italy's lineup, by contrast, had no players of immigrant origin (although Mauro Camoranesi's grandparents had left Italy for Argentina) - the Azzuri were, to put it bluntly, the whitest of the Western European teams at the World Cup. Italian soccer has long been a magnet for fascist nostalgia of the far right, and festivities...
...hard-liners over moderates, at least for now. Jordan's Abdullah II last month nudged Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas toward starting peace talks, but now that appears off the table. Other moderates, including Egypt's Mubarak and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, also seem eclipsed. In contrast, it is Khaled Meshal, the militant leader of Hamas in exile, and Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah's chief in Lebanon, both backed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran and Assad in Syria, who are driving current developments...