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This city came to view the breadth of its industrial base as a shield from economic downturns. But no sector is immune to this recession, not even Atlanta's core tourism industry. Occupancy at Atlanta-area hotels is down 16.4%, and some are barely half-full, partly because corporate travel has declined...
Remeike J.B. Forbes ’11, a current SLAM member, said that students may not understand the full implications of labor cuts...
...businessmen and urban middle class Thais who are opposed to the return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 coup, convicted of conflict of interest charges by Thai courts last year and is now living in self-imposed exile. Sondhi's firebrand speeches full of demagoguery rallied crowds of supporters in prolonged, occasionally violent, protests last year against Thaksin, but he has been accused by critics of stoking hatred against rural people, who form Thaksin's support base, and of being antidemocratic for advocating appointed, as opposed to elected, representatives. (See pictures...
...reported between tourists and locals, several Chinese visitors told TIME that the same beautiful, civilized island they were enjoying is very much still "a part of the motherland" - with which, eventually, they hope to be "united." Only 5% of Taiwanese support unification, according to a March survey, with a full 20% encouraging the island to push for independence from China. "The Chinese always avoid taking pictures with the Taiwanese flag," says Political Scientist Yang Tai-Shuenn of Taipei's Chinese Culture University. "That may insult the Taiwanese people." One 63-year old tourist caused a stir in the Taiwanese media...
...vendors, barber shops and a Chinese-run massage parlor that they accused of being a brothel. The siege culminated in a terrifying shootout that the government says killed 102, including Aziz's brother and son. Aziz was arrested as he tried to escape dressed in a burqa, the full body veil favored by female students of the conservative seminary. (See pictures of a jihadist's journey from Pakistan to Mumbai...