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...period [Feb. 8]. What is an act of God is the generous help that is pouring into Haiti from all over the world. As your article clearly points out, "... Haiti's history of corruption and turmoil has helped keep the country poor ... unscrupulous contractors take kickbacks and building codes go unenforced." Let us just not put the blame on God for this tragedy, or it may very well happen again. George A. de Beer, RANDBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...period [Feb. 8]. What is an act of God is the generous help that is pouring into Haiti from all over the world. As your article clearly points out, "... Haiti's history of corruption and turmoil has helped keep the country poor ... unscrupulous contractors take kickbacks and building codes go unenforced." Let us just not put the blame on God for this tragedy, or it may very well happen again. George A. de Beer Randburg, South Africa...
Countries aren't supposed to go bankrupt. Governments, after all, are funded by the tax revenues of entire economies, and, since they manage nations, they're not likely to evaporate, Enron-style, in a sudden financial flame out, or close up shop and flee their creditors. That's why lending money to states is considered the surest bet around. Reputation aside, however, politicians abuse their ability to borrow just like any spendthrift with too many credit cards, and often pile up more bills than they can handle. Argentina, Russia, Mexico and others have stiffed their bankers over the past...
...even stricter program. That presents a huge test to his regime. Government workers have already staged strikes to protest Papandreou's plans. So far, he's held firm. A recent poll showed that two-thirds of Greeks believe the Prime Minister's measures are necessary; only 41% think they go far enough. "The government has seen the problem and is trying to do something," says Helen Tourkogeorgou, a 32-year-old stay-at-home mother in Athens. "The crisis has opened its eyes...
...night of Sept. 21 last year, U.S. diplomatic staff in South Africa were telephoned at home and told not to go to work the next day. A State Department official refused to explain the warning, but a Western intelligence officer in Africa told TIME the alarm was raised after a phone call from an al-Qaeda operative to a number in Cape Town was intercepted - a call in which an attack on U.S. government buildings in South Africa was discussed. No attack took place, and after three days, the embassy in Pretoria and three consulates reopened. But with South Africa...