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...preponderance of evidence points away from corporal punishment, which the European Union and the U.N. have recommended against, but the data suggest that most parents, especially those in the U.S., still spank their kids. On the basis of his international data, collected by surveying more than 17,000 college students in various countries, Straus found that countries with higher GDP tended to be those where corporal punishment was used less often. In the U.S., the tendency to hit also varies with income, along with geography and culture; it's most common among African-American families, Southern families, parents who were...
...warning that "if by December there is not an in-depth change by the Iranian leaders," tough new sanctions would be applied. Brown called the new development the greatest challenge facing the international community. But Germany, which has recently shown reticence to expand sanctions without approval from the entire European Union, was inexplicably absent from the event. Obama was left to explain that Chancellor Angela Merkel had a more pressing engagement. More important, after hinting in recent days that Russia might be willing to support broader sanctions against Iran, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was absent from the rostrum...
...European diplomats played down Germany's absence from the stage and said the Germans may still be willing to back tough sanctions, having only learned the details of the new plant this week. "From the feedback we got from them, I think they will go along" with new sanctions, says a senior European diplomat. Russia and China are less likely to be impressed by the new information, says the diplomat, noting that they continue to have "different, conflicting views" from the Western powers about further sanctions. Medvedev said on Sept. 24 in Pittsburgh, "I do not believe sanctions...
...groups of society was actually stronger and the national per capita income actually went up. Not to forget that in the past four years, Iran was one of the more stable countries in the world both politically and economically. Unlike some countries like the United States itself and some European countries, unemployment rates in Iran are actually decreasing. Having said that, the crisis is global, but we don't have any real serious problems with the economy, and the government's economic policies are policies that we plan to pursue in a very serious manner. Last year our stock market...
...Iran as well as the memories of many in our region. To bring about a change of these memories, it is necessary to rethink our attitudes and approaches to our part of the world and the part of some politicians in the United States as well as some European politicians. Our country remembers fully the memories of the coup in 1953. Those who encouraged it, those who planned and designed it, and those who implemented it. If we are looking for a better world, we have to insure that these memories are not recreated and not take steps that will...