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...difference, and warned against mission creep. "The probability that we are not getting out in four months is high," said Johannes Kahrs of the Social Democratic Party, himself a military reservist. But for Europeans who have soured on mass immigration, stabilizing Congo may be preferable to having to cope with thousands trying to escape the fighting. "If we do not succeed, this would result in more waves of refugees [into] Europe and Germany," government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said last week. The Bundestag is expected to approve the troops measure in May. Europe's parliamentary debates feel a world away from...
...from Venice, 75 miles away. Production of chairs for the masses began in the 1800s, but the real boom came after World War II. Big distributors, primarily from Germany, discovered the local craftsmanship and started buying in bulk, turning Manzano chairs into a $1 billion-a-year business. To cope with the demand, the number of firms grew tenfold as highly specialized artisans set up their own shops, supplying individual parts to their neighbors, who would then work them into the next stage of the manufacturing process. One artisan would do just leather upholstery, for example, or specialize in varnishes...
...light of immigrants' success Listen New Communities | Mark Cuban: We're no longer objective; we're all "joiners" now Listen Education | Mark Cuban: Our new "open-book test" world Listen Education | Steven Johnson: It's time for new tests Listen The Information Age | Andres Martinez: We need ways to cope with information overload Listen The Information Age: Is the shower your last bastion of alone-time? Listen
...That is part of a larger group, Mothers 2 Mothers, a Cape Town-based mentoring program for HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers. The six women are site coordinators for the group, which provides support groups and counseling to help women disclose their status to loved ones and cope with the stigma they may feel. It also uses drugs, nutrition and education to try to prevent mothers from transmitting the virus to their children...
...other man Clinton has to watch out for is her husband. The Senator and the former President got crossways a few weeks ago on the Dubai Ports deal when it turned out that he was informally having conversations with United Arab Emirates representatives about how to cope with opposition in Washington at the same time she was helping get that opposition organized. No one who knows either Clinton has any idea how to bring a man renowned for his voracious need for information into anything approaching the marginal role of political spouse. How--or even whether--to integrate into...