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But changing Greece will not be easy. Papandreou is pushing ahead with pension reforms and an overhaul that will see more Greeks pay tax. Some of his efforts to improve governance - he wants to put all government decisions and documents on the Internet, for instance - have already been resisted by...
Re "How to Create a Job" [March 29]: The government can help gin up jobs by reducing the 40-hour workweek, which was established in 1940. Since then, technology has increased worker productivity dramatically, resulting in fewer workers producing more. A 36-hour week would require the workforce to be...
'The perception that the British government was a subservient "poodle" to the U.S. ... is widespread.'
Sources: White House; Health.com U.K. Parliament; BBC; New York Times; Australian-government transcript; New York Post
In 2009, Chinese authorities likely executed thousands of people--more than any other country--according to an Amnesty International report published March 30. The human-rights organization said it was unable to give an exact figure, citing China's "lack of transparency," and it called on the government to end...