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...Libyan government has turned a blind eye to smugglers. Unable to absorb its own foreign population (in a country of just 5 million, there are 2 million immigrants) and hoping to pressure the European Union into lifting economic sanctions, Libya has allowed camps of would-be immigrants to flourish near the coastal towns of Zuwarah and Zlitan. From there, small and often unseaworthy boats carry passengers across the Mediterranean to Malta, Lampedusa and Pantelleria. It is a considerably more dangerous voyage than other routes - in much larger craft from Egypt or Turkey, or across...
...extolling the virtues of free protests in democratic nations, pointing out that no such freedom had existed in Iraq. But what is the value of such liberties if protest is to be so cynically robbed of influence by the governments at which it is directed? For democracy to flourish, it is essential that the right to protest peacefully is not downgraded to the right to protest ineffectually. Nick Godwin Edinburgh...
...world-wide Communist revolution, China has been acting quite pro-Western of late. Indeed, straying from its historical central planning, China has built up ties with American businessmen, joined the World Trade Organization, allowed private enterprise—and an entrepreneurial class—to flourish and liberalized trade around Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. The Chinese state’s latest overture of good will—the forthcoming visit of Premier Wen Jiabao—arrives in Massachusetts next week...
Currently, Asian American studies and ethnic studies programs flourish in colleges and universities across the country. Elite institutions such as Stanford, Columbia, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania have all started successful programs, mostly through student activism and initiative. It is about time that Harvard lives up to its reputation as one of the leading academic institutions in the United States and the world by establishing greater academic opportunities in Asian American studies and other ethnic studies, thereby recognizing the valuable contribution such courses would bring to undergraduate education...
...friendly” (as opposed to gender-neutral?) because they are largely led by women and address issues of direct concern to women. The real division here is not between engaged, thoughtful men and their stifled, listless female counterparts but between politicos and activists, and while men and women flourish in both camps, Larson is right to note the gender imbalance is marked...