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...Though some are happy with the money they've made, others living in valuable areas fear they'll lose their land, or lose it without being fairly compensated. Few families hold formal land titles, leaving many to rely on local authorities to vouch for them as landowners if a developer comes calling. Though efforts to provide documentation for landowners have been ramped up - almost 1 million land titles have been granted since 2004, according to the World Bank - there are millions more to go. Cambodians' scramble to secure their rights speaks to a fundamental anxiety: faith...
...Government security officials and independent observers say the Naxalites have begun to reorganize along more formal military lines. The rebels still use bows and arrows, knives and ancient rifles, but have begun to stock up on machine guns, land mines and mortars, and are building increasingly sophisticated roadside bombs. Based on documents seized in the past year, Indian intelligence agencies estimate that Naxalite Inc. now has an annual budget of $250 million, much of which comes from extorting road contractors and mining companies, and from taxing hundreds of thousands of poor villagers. That money, analysts say, is funding the Maoists...
...time that he was more interested in leading the Senate than the country. Aside from Byrd, the longest serving senator in office, no other former Democratic candidate in recent history has won a leadership role in the Senate. "I don't see Senator Clinton taking a position in the formal Democratic Party leadership in the Senate, but instead using her committee positions and public stature to play an important legislative and political role," said Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "Reid and Durbin's positions are secure and Clinton's comparative advantages do not connect well...
...China, which has close ties to Pakistan and an expanding naval presence in the Indian Ocean. In response, India hosted a massive naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal in 2007, along with the U.S., Japan, Australia and Singapore. China, needless to say, was not pleased, and made formal protests to all the participants. For those tempted to point out the economic interdependence between China and the West, Kagan grimly reminds us that the same was true of Imperial Germany and Great Britain prior to World...
...Even though tens of thousands of civil servants have been forced to abandon Rangoon for Naypyidaw, the new capital has only two markets and three formal restaurants catering to their needs. There's no sign of movie theaters, bars or karaoke dens, and no cellphone coverage - for "security reasons," the locals explain. Three years after the first wave of government employees moved here, Naypyidaw remains under construction. Workers toil in the searing heat, mostly unaided by such modern conveniences as cranes or bulldozers. So far, their efforts have produced, among other things, the country's only major highway, five police...