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...current wave of migration from the global South into the industrialized states is due to the failure of the IMF and the G-8's policies. The current global trading system is under exclusive control of the rich states, which doubtlessly want to keep it that way. Without the prospect of escaping poverty in their home countries any time soon, more and more people will decide to migrate north. The solution to the problem is not more rigid border policing, but a change of policy in the U.S. and Europe toward an equal global trading system that benefits all instead...
...home countries as soon as possible unless they are from a war region and qualify as refugees. The immigrants have to learn that they are wasting their money and risking their lives. This strict rule of returning illegal immigrants is the accepted procedure in the U.S., Canada and Australia. Günter Korek, BARSBÜTTEL, GERMANY...
...look into the matter. But her approval ratings are slipping. A poll by the TNS Emnid Institute on Feb. 17 found 51% of Germans were satisfied with her work, down from 61% the month before. With the new government "arguing more than the old coalition government," says Manfred Güllner, head of the Forsa Polling Institute, "Angela Merkel has to be careful that she doesn't lose her voters and she has to tell her coalition partners to get back in line." (See Angela Merkel in TIME...
House Democratic sources credited Representative John Dingell, the longest serving member in the history of Congress and dean of the Michigan delegation, for bringing Stupak around. Stupak, a Dingell protégé, was in tears when Dingell lost his House Energy and Commerce gavel to Henry Waxman last year - the committee is the only one Stupak has served on since his election to Congress in 1992. Health care reform has been Dingell's top priority during his 54 years in office and, in fact, the House bill was named for him. "Mr. Dingell had a piece of me yesterday...
...schedule. Yas Island in Abu Dhabi is. The gulf state has spent $1 billion on the new track and $39 billion on the outlandish infrastructure surrounding it, including hotels, golf courses and Ferrari World, billed as the world's largest indoor theme park. Here you can experience the g-forces of an F1 racer firsthand on a roller coaster that reaches speeds of 124m.p.h. (200 km/h). The roller coaster may be more thrilling than the race itself. New tracks like Yas Island are a soccer mom's dream of safety, and no one has died in F1 since...