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...wake of the Morecambe Bay tragedy, the British government has introduced new regulations to govern the gangmasters' trade. But in local Chinese communities, only a handful of leaders seem prepared to acknowledge the danger of the immigration racket. As Edward Murphy, the director of a refugee support charity in Liverpool explained, "There are four reasons people don't want to mess with these gangs: your limbs." One survivor of the cockle picker tragedy, Lin Guo, gave evidence from behind a screen in the courtroom as his family in China, who live in the same village as Lin Liang...
...friendly exuberance and wagging tails of eager prefrosh, Asian Americans had more admitted students and fewer hosts than any other minority group. What’s up with that? “There’s just a diffusion of responsibility,” says Asian American student Edward H. Thai ’07. “Each person thinks that someone else is going to take care of it.” Wang cites size and apathy as major factors. “The community is so large and fragmented that it’s harder...
...Even as Bush struts and frets on the G.O.P. stage, Senator Edward Kennedy is doing the same for his audience, the pro-immigration left, which is calling for full amnesty for the illegal immigrants, a liberal guest worker program and broad new thresholds for immigration in coming years. Kennedy's staff says Bush will have to make concessions before Kennedy will sign up for the President's plan, and they insist the Massachusetts Senator won't back down on such core principles as reunification for immediate family members...
...meant. The whole joint. He also pointed out that he was only one vote on Wal-Mart's real estate committee and could be overruled. Nevertheless, New York's politicians and union leaders were beside themselves with glee at the Times pronouncement. "We don't miss them," said Edward Ott, executive director of the New York City Central Labor council. "We have great supermarkets... we don't need Wal-Mart...
...lopsided pottery. Instead, MAAD is an outdoor bazaar that stresses cutting-edge work from budding fashion designers, graphic artists, painters, jewelry makers, housewares makers and product designers. Before they go on sale, the items need the tick of approval from a panel of curators that currently includes Edward Tonino, a senior designer with electronics manufacturer Philips, and Ken Koo, president of the Asian chapter of the Red Dot Design Awards-one of the design world's most sought-after honors...