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...been years in the making. Over the past decade, Iran has acquired many of the pieces, parts and plants needed to make a nuclear device. Although Iranian officials insist that Iran's ambitions are limited to nuclear energy, the regime has asserted its right to develop nuclear power and enrich uranium that could be used in bombs as an end in itself--a symbol of sovereign pride, not to mention a useful prop for politicking. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has crisscrossed the country in recent months making Iran's right to a nuclear program a national cause and trying...
Religion and travel are hardly new partners, but Fisher is part of a growing group of tourists seeking to enrich their spiritual lives while enjoying a big dose of good old, secular fun, whether in the Holy Land, on a Christian cruise or touring the missions of California--wine-tasting reception included. "Religious tourism accounts for one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism market," says Kevin Wright, religious-travel manager at Globus, an international tour company that offers 20 faith-based itineraries, up from eight in 2004. "We're talking about a $1 billion industry...
...affirmative action harms more than it helps.Klitgaard says his main purpose in writing the report was to analyze whether students benefit from diversity.He hypothesizes that a graduate school of education may benefit from admitting students from both the inner-city and the suburbs, and that a divinity school could enrich its educational experience by admitting students who follow different faiths. But diversity might not matter as much at a math or engineering school, Klitgaard argues. And he contends that the benefits of diversity in an undergraduate setting seem even less certain.“How the average student benefits from...
...What incentives does the group propose to offer Iran in exchange for abandoning its nuclear ambitions?? And what punishments will it impose if Iran continues to defy the international pressure and enrich uranium...
...making the offer conditional on Iran suspending uranium enrichment, Secretary Rice hopes to turn the tables on Tehran. After all, though Iran is signaling an openness to negotiate a deal with the Europeans, it insists that it won't abrogate its right, under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, to enrich uranium. Tehran has signaled a flexibility on time frames, and also a willingness to consider importing its reactor fuel if it is allowed to maintain the small-scale uranium enrichment research facility it is currently operating at Natanz, albeit under closer international supervision. The U.S., Britain and France have rejected that...