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...attend the open trials, while the state-controlled media has run lengthy screeds against the defendants. The shift in strategy is in some ways a reflection of a changing Vietnam. Nearly 60% of the population of 85 million is under 30 years old; they are increasingly Internet-literate, eager to join the global community and able to access news and information from the outside world. There's no point in downplaying a political crackdown because people will find out about it anyway, according to Martin Gainsborough, a political scientist and Vietnam expert at the University of Bristol...
Scherry's mentor in the Marines was Evans, who felt closer to Scherry than to other recruits he had signed up. Scherry reminded Evans of himself as an eager young recruit looking to become an infantryman. Evans talked with Scherry for a long time that first night, assuring him he was embarking on a noble calling. And Evans stayed in touch with Scherry as he went through training, offering congratulations when Scherry became a mortarman, the same job Evans held when he first joined the Marine Corps...
...HOMER AGAIN No longer a ratings powerhouse, The Simpsons (with its 23 Emmys) is TV's longest-running sitcom. Will the movie end its long yellow streak? Don't eat your shorts just yet--Fox can't be eager to fill a gaping, Homer-shaped hole...
...services are too passive, doing too little to head off crises until it's too late. Shortcut solutions like Jikei Hospital's stork cradle are more common, giving anxious parents an anonymous out rather than providing them with meaningful support. But an increasingly budget-conscious government doesn't appear eager to allocate the necessary funding. "The child consultation services are very understaffed and suffering hard," says Saimura...
...abortion rate is a relatively high 22.2% - 22.2 abortions for every 100 live births - and is rising fast among women below 25, despite the fact that premarital cohabitation is rare in Japan. But while abortion is common, adoption in Japan is virtually unheard of, although there are many couples eager to take in children. But the law is stacked in favor of birth parents' rights, even in cases of abuse, neglect or outright abandonment...