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...stem-cell research if it were as science mad as this city-state of 4.4 million. For all the hundreds of millions of dollars Singapore has devoted to high-tech lab equipment and recruiting top scientists from around the world, it is spending just as much to educate a homegrown core of young Singaporean scientists to continue the work. Until they come of age, Yeo will be just as happy to come shopping for talent in the U.S. And as long as the stem-cell debate stumbles on in the U.S., American scientists will be just as happy...
...mounting sense of persecution among young Muslims in India, combined with high unemployment and mounting anxiety about what many see as a global crusade against their religion, makes fertile recruiting ground for homegrown groups such as SIMI. Muslims resent the fact that four years after anti-Muslim riots killed more than 2,000 in the state of Gujarat, there have been few convictions. Police raids, detentions and the oft-reported abuses that occur under such detentions only add to their sense of being unfairly targeted. "Perceived injustice is the bedrock upon which all terrorist groups are based," says Bhatt...
...o.e.c.d.countries. Moreover, gas reserves are estimated to disappear within 66 years, but proven, extractable coal reserves could last for up to 200. "World coal reserves are not merely abundant, they are superabundant," Britain's Clean Coal Task Group claimed in a report to the government last month. Britain's homegrown reserves of at least 1 billion tons could last for 60 years, while Germany and Poland have reserves of 6.7 billion tons and 14 billion tons, respectively. Despite those advantages, coal is still thought of as a dirty, carbon-heavy source of fuel, unwelcome in a world concerned with global...
...chief reason: an imaginative collection of homegrown and hard-to-duplicate guest amenities that include custom-made leather cowboy boots and belts, spa treatments infused with extracts of the native agave plant, cattle drives, shooting contests, plates of rattlesnake cakes and wild-boar schnitzel, and overnight camping trips to a nearby ghost town. The West can be won for $215 to $825 a night. "To capture the attention of travelers, we have to offer a variety of indigenous amenities that create a unique experience at every turn," says Daniel Hostettler, managing director of the $80 million resort development. "That...
...June 23, cable-news channels went gonzo over a raid on a homegrown terror cell in Miami that foiled an alleged plot to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held a press conference to announce the arrests. Even Vice President Dick Cheney weighed in and called the group a "very real threat." He did so at a political fundraiser...