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...entirely trust him. Unlike other like-minded leftist politicians in South America, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and recently elected Evo Morales in Bolivia, Humala doesn't come from humble beginnings. His father, who is the founder of an ultranationalist, neo-Marxist movement that preaches the superiority of indigenous Indian Peruvians over the country's descendants of the Spanish and promotes violence against those lighter-skinned elite, raised his children with dreams of some day taking power...
...then, the market may already be crowded. Just before New Year's Eve, Tag Heuer hosted an all-night party for big spenders in Goa. About 400 diamond-dripping, air-kissing Indians decked out in brands like Manolo Blahnik and Balenciaga sipped champagne and sampled canap?s as they watched Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan play volleyball and emcee a bikini contest. "India cannot hide behind the fact that it is a developing country anymore," says Khan. "Every Indian now wants to own products that inspire awe and envy." Can the French sell cake to people who not long...
...assistance, the president proposed.SUMMERS ON TOURThe president’s academic lecture on international economics was just one stop on his week-long trip to India, filled with speeches and meetings intended to strengthen Harvard’s ties to the country.At a conference held by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi on Thursday, March 23, Summers said India could benefit from playing host to more American students studying abroad.Only 0.5 percent of American university students who went abroad last year visited India, despite its use of the English language and prominence...
...would need to be certified Tsunami Ready by the National Weather Service. "There should be more, and we're working aggressively to increase that number dramatically," says Troy Nicolini, the service's warning coordination meteorologist. "The scary thing is, the farther we get away from that event in the Indian Ocean, the [more the] momentum dies down and the funding dries...
...tsunami in the Indian Ocean - which killed nearly a quarter million people - led to plans to beef up the number of monitoring buoys in the Pacific. The buoys can provide up to six hours' warning, says Nicolini, if the waves are coming from far across the ocean. But an earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction zone just off the Pacific Northwest could create tsunami-size waves within five minutes. "You'd feel that kind of an earthquake on land," Nicolini says. "If you do, start running to higher ground" - at least 40 feet above sea level. For residents of low-lying...