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...Last month, top officials from Hong Kong and Shenzhen signed an agreement to study jointly developing infrastructure along the border region between the two cities. And, in July, Chinese President Hu Jintao christened a new bridge linking Hong Kong with the Shekou area of Shenzhen, which creates a fourth land crossing for trucks and tourists to stream back and forth...
...shortage of university-educated instructors means that the higher grades suffer the most. Najeeba Behbood, 26, an 11th-grader at Karokh High School, was lucky to land in a chemistry class taught by a former college professor. Even then, the course was pure theory: with no laboratory, the teacher had to make rough drawings on the blackboard to demonstrate the use of cathodes and anodes in producing electricity. But Behbood is happy to be in the class at all--it was a struggle persuading her parents to permit her to attend, because the professor was male...
...capital a lot more than a place to stay. For the thousands of foreign journalists, aid workers, teachers, medical staff and entrepreneurs who have made the war-ravaged city a temporary home, the Serena was an oasis of tranquility. Its cafe served a good cup of coffee in a land of tea; its spa was a place for a hot shower in a snow-bound city where constant power outages reduce bathing to a bucket of water heated on a wood-burning stove; its gym offered a safe place to exercise in a country where women...
...settlements, reparations for Palestinian refugees, and the dividing of Jerusalem—must be settled in a fair and firm manner through diplomacy between the two parties. Both sides must also realize that a solution will involve compromises by both sides. In particular, Israel will have to give up land and dismantle its settlements in the West Bank. Palestinians need to forget the notion of a right of return—at this point it is too late to hit the rewind button—and instead focus on reparations. The two sides must also take action to control their...
...Were the new lyrics much worse than those of other countries? In its banal catalogue of local scenery and anodyne call for brotherly love, the winning entry is hardly alone (Austria: "Land of mountains, land on streams, land of fields, land of cathedrals"; Canada: "True patriot love in all thy sons command"). Admittedly countries like Norway and India do better than most with the same elements, but they had Nobel laureates (Bjornstjerne Bjornson and Rabindranath Tagore respectively) writing their lyrics. And if some nations have tended to whip up enthusiasm with a ribald reference or two (the now decertified second...