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...parties who met in Dushanbe must also deal with the social powder keg that is Central Asia. The recession has badly hit the region, with shrinking job markets in richer nations like Russia and Kazakhstan sending thousands of migrant workers home to poorer ones, such as Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. What promises to be a very bleak year for many Central Asian households has only amplified questions over the stability of the region as a whole...
...TIME: In talking to friends about this interview, they all agree: you have the best job in the world. Von Foerster: There's no debating that. This is one of the best jobs in the world. I get about 200 music downloads a week and 500 CDs delivered at home, but it's not just about listening to music all day. There's a lot of paperwork and politics that people don't understand because it's less tangible. Being the music supervisor doesn't mean you have final say about what gets into the film - the director...
...from me. “No, not him, one of the oppas,” my friend said, referring to the Korean term for an older, male friend. I didn’t understand—in America breaking up the check for a large group is the worst job. It’s frustrating: When I want to help and have the ability, I'm disqualified by my youth, even if I’m only junior by a year or two. Don’t tell anyone at my office, but I’m starting to think...
...candidate for international posts. I have no plans to quit my job as Denmark's Prime Minister." - The Economist May 8, 2008. (He declined to pledge to complete his full term, however...
...government will also need to negotiate with the Communists in parliament to choose a new President as Voronin's successor. A likely solution, analysts say, would be to agree on a non-political figure, such as an academic, to do the job. A new government is also likely to negotiate a deal to get Voronin to leave politics entirely in exchange for immunity from any prosecution for his conduct over the past eight years. "We've seen this in Russia when Yeltsin stepped down or in Georgia, when Shevardnadze left, these previous authoritarian presidents got informal immunity. I imagine that...