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...International Women’s Day, the Indian Upper House took a great step toward gender equality by approving a bill that proposes an amendment mandating that a third of legislative seats be reserved for women for the next 15 years. The quota bill, despite being a fairly crude way of increasing women’s participation in the state legislature, constitutes significant progress toward the goal of gender equality in India; nevertheless, in the future, similar bills should be refined so as not to lead to corollary discrimination toward other groups...
...debate the causes of Iraq's vicious outpouring of sectarian violence after the American invasion in 2003 - was it a reaction to the suppression of religious identity under Saddam Hussein or an extension of the policies of American administrators who found it easiest to deal with Iraqis through a crude sectarian and ethnic prism? Whatever the cause, the sectarian leaders who prevailed in the elections enabled by the U.S. proved incapable of peacefully resolving their differences, which were instead settled in the streets. But as Iraq's fragile new democracy matures, its ever divisive identity politics are becoming more complicated...
...Wasserman says. "[It has] created a robust debate about him, which has caused his approval to be at a low point at the moment." Raymond Louw, editor and publisher of the Southern Africa Report, a South Africa-based weekly, believes Zuma's recent behavior in some ways merits the crude treatment by the press. Last month, for instance, Zuma admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock, causing a national outcry. "The way they portrayed Zuma was rather extreme but I can understand why there would be a certain amount of criticism in view of his conduct over the past...
...absolutely no stakes, no worthwhile subplots, nor any reason for the audience to have a vested interest in what is happening on the screen. Despite its R rating and rampant profanity, “Cop Out” is a PG-13 comedy overdosed on unnecessary sex jokes and crude language. A taint on even as poor a filmography as Kevin Smith’s recent works, “Cop Out” is a cop out by all those associated with its production and should be avoided at all costs...
Volatile energy prices are another worry. When crude-oil prices rise to $100 a barrel, for instance, UPS and FedEx both recover that increase through a fuel surcharge. "They essentially lose money on the way up but make it back on the way down," Ross says. "Longer term, though, higher prices hurt the consumer, and they will downgrade service...