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...primarily fueled not by foreign ideology but by domestic realities: poverty, corruption, unemployment. Some 40% of Filipinos live on less than $2 a day, while a tenth of the 87 million population seeks work abroad. Corruption watchdog Transparency International ranks the Philippines near the bottom of its corruption index, alongside Nepal and Rwanda. The N.P.A. promotes communism as the only cure for the Philippines' many ills, but even Filipinos who reject its cause still share its grievances...
...these mantles of competing nationalisms, but the bottom line is they're a bunch of crooks," says the Western diplomat. Reinforcing that impression, Bangladesh has had the unhappy distinction over the past five years of being ranked worst or near worst on Berlin-based Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. (As for the years the country was not the most corrupt, Bangladeshis joke that officials must have bribed their way out of the bottom spot.) Muzaffer Ahmad, chairman of Transparency International's Bangladesh chapter, says both main parties are guilty of sleaze: "Making money, if you control the government...
...feel that? Ramachandran asked. On his left cheek, Victor answered--and the back of his missing hand. Ramachandran stroked another spot on the cheek. Where do you feel that? On his absent thumb, Victor replied. Ramachandran touched the skin between Victor's nose and mouth. His missing index finger was being brushed, Victor said. A spot just below Victor's left nostril caused the boy to feel a tingling on his left pinkie. And when Victor felt an itch in his phantom hand, scratching his lower face relieved the itch. In people who have lost a limb, Ramachandran concluded...
...hasn't hurt that Hong Kong stocks have been on a tear. The benchmark Hang Seng Index repeatedly set new all-time highs in the latter part of 2006, gaining 34% for the year. The rally got a big boost from an influx of investors hoping to cash in on the appreciating yuan by buying shares in mainland companies. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which includes only China stocks, soared...
...Productivity Index, developed by the Academic Analytics company, bases its rankings on how many articles and books the professors in a given department publish. The rankings also take into account journal citations, grants, awards, and honors given to department professors...