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...road to Bulukumba, a rice-growing hamlet in eastern Indonesia's Sulawesi province, is rutted and worn. But just past the district line stands an ornate, three-meter-high marble edifice festooned with Arabic calligraphy. "Religious Crash Program," announces the massive signboard, before detailing the four Shari'a bylaws Bulukumba has implemented since 2002: no alcohol; mandatory wearing of Islamic attire; required payment of Islamic alms; and Koranic proficiency for students and prospective married couples. As some of the first places to pass such bylaws in Indonesia, Bulukumba and five other regencies in southern Sulawesi have served as an inspiration...
...capital of cool, and its name is now increasingly bandied about in the same breath as London, Tokyo, Paris and New York City. Venture into SoFo on Södermalm, on the capital's south island in the Baltic Sea, and you'll see why: once a working-class district, these days the streets south of Folkungagatan (hence SoFo) attract a young, creative crowd who come here to relax, refuel and spend their kronor in an eclectic array of shops. As the word spreads, more tourists are showing up to make a beeline for the neighborhood's retro home-furnishing...
...scores are constantly low and lower than the state average,” she said, citing large populations of special education and economically disadvantaged students among the issues that contributed to depressed testing results in her district...
...Nevertheless, district attorney David McDade argues that Wilson is a poor cause for those attempting to have the Romeo and Juliet laws apply retroactively. "By any standard of moral conduct," McDade told TIME, "society cannot accept that kind of behavior and tolerate it. He and the others in the room had sex repeatedly with this 17-year-old girl, who was at best semi conscious. Genarlow Wilson is not a hero, and he is not the martyr that he has been made...
...recognized my fellow marchers. Six days a week, these migrant workers are the city's "domestic helpers" - amahs in Cantonese - earning about $450 a month as maids, nannies and cooks in nearly 200,000 Hong Kong households. On Sundays, thousands of Filipinas take over the commercial hub, the Central district. They swarm sidewalks and elevated walkways to spend their sole day off picnicking, playing cards, singing and swapping gossip. If you linger long enough, as I did my first week, you're sure to be offered tea and snacks...