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...always helps. "Money alone is no guarantee, but without a lot of money you don't stand even a chance," says French coach Rolland Courbis, who once directed clubs including Bordeaux, Marseilles and Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian republic of North Ossetia. "Russia has the major resources: money, a huge population and people who know football. Now it's a question of competence in how well the system can be organized, and the focus kept on long-term development...
...audition for the role of villain in the world's financial markets, sovereign wealth funds would have pushed sub-prime mortgages close in recent months. Huge, government-controlled investment pools from Abu Dhabi to China have helped to rescue Wall Street banks left short by the credit crisis - and still managed to leave Western governments feeling spooked. Their worry: the funds - swollen with foreign-currency reserves or billions in profits from oil and gas - might be hiding dark political motives behind fuzzy financial aims...
...almost unchallenged, passed along the cost of the global increase to his country's drivers. Biya was more careful than some of his Western counterparts, however, in choosing his moment to raise the price at the pump: The announcement, in mid-February, coincided with the semifinal of Africa's huge soccer tournament, the Nations Cup, in which Cameroon defeated the host country, Ghana. Cameroonians poured into the streets to celebrate the victory. Amid the raucous partying and the suspense over the impending showdown against Egypt in the tournament final, few noticed that the government had - without a word of discussion...
...Revolution of the 1960s and '70s, when high-yielding varieties of cotton were introduced in the region's relatively arid Malwa belt. Initially the move was successful as yields and prices were good. But farmers soon discovered that the cotton was highly susceptible to pests, and ended up spending huge amounts on pesticides. As the pests, such as pink bollworm and aphids, became increasingly resistant to chemical spraying, farmers reacted by laying on even more, sometimes mixing two or more products against all scientific evidence. The region virtually became a chemical laboratory. The expense of spraying put many farmers deep...
...movement, it was a rare and welcome success. Not only did the Nu win a reprieve, but the "scientific development" ideology of Wen and President Hu Jintao - which emphasizes sustainable development and social welfare - seem to mean that more light would shine on the murky decision-making that accompanies huge infrastructure projects in China. "It was encouraging," says Wang Yongchen, co-founder of the NGO Green Earth Volunteers. "Wen said it should be looked at scientifically. That's not the same as saying you can?t build dams. But we were very excited to have the Premier say this...