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Lisa Abend does not mention the weak management of the recession by a government that stubbornly sticks to blaming past times and does not really try to introduce the economic reforms that may ease the problems of unemployment and the lack of affordable property. Spain had bad unemployment in the 1970s but right now it looks even worse after the bursting of the construction bubble - and there is no turnaround in sight. Mariano Ferrando, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN...
...using their positions to enrich themselves and their families. "We have seen this country degenerate from a promising state to a dysfunctional one. We have seen unmitigated corruption and insensitivity on the part of its rulers," says Mohammed Ndume, a federal MP from Borno state. "We are seeing a lack of opportunities and so much stress for its people. So what do you expect? The people have to react, and that is what you are seeing and that is what the current crisis is all about...
...startling amount of violence, the Toldot Aharon rioters are hardly different from those Arabs who would characterize the state’s creation as a “catastrophe.” When it comes down to the question of “loyalty,” or, rather, lack thereof, one might think that the Israeli government would show each group the same iron fist...
...Committee chairman Howard Berman announced that if Iran doesn't engage in talks, he would move ahead "in the early fall" with a widely supported bill that would ban U.S. commercial ties with any company that sells refined petroleum products to Iran. Despite Iran's massive oil reserves, its lack of refining capacity forces the nation to import almost half the gasoline it consumes. Berman introduced the bill at Ross's urging last spring. (See pictures of Ahmadinejad's supporters on LIFE.com...
...privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises. The selling-off of state-owned assets and merger of state-owned companies has nearly always been done behind closed doors. The workers are never involved -they are simply presented with an ultimatum." Employees are angry not just because of their lack of input, Crothall says, but often also because the process is tainted by corruption. "Workers have no idea about the true value of the assets that are being privatized," he says. "Very often they accuse management - correctly in many cases - of embezzling assets in league with corrupt officials...