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Taliban fighters are representatives of an ousted legal government. They are defenders, not insurgents. There is no way forward unless and until the Taliban are accepted as a real part of Afghan life. Louis Anderson, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Until now, that is. In a break with Amsterdam's "anything goes" attitude, Cohen and city officials have vowed to finally crack down on what they say are extensive criminal networks operating in the neighborhood. Their campaign won't bring an end to prostitution, which has been legal in the Netherlands since 2000; nor will they systematically uproot the red-light district's scores of coffeehouses, where the sale of marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms has long been allowed. But the easy tolerance of sex and drugs that has so long characterized Amsterdam is fading fast. In its place comes...
...they apply for permits and licenses; anyone suspected of criminal activity can have their application suspended or refused, whether or not the charges have been proved. The strategy has sent a chill through De Wallen, where long-time building owners - some nearing retirement age - have little stomach for long legal wrangles...
...movies: the post-apocalyptic landscape, the valuing of speed over life, the fender-level shots of cars careering toward Armageddon. It also spawned a rip-off video game, called Death Race, supposedly the first of its kind to be banned. Death Race 2000 didn,t slam into any legal walls, but it has a lunatic daring that was a hallmark of 70s movies, and that is all but absent from the films...
...Gadd's return to the U.K. has received front-page treatment by the British press, which has run headlines like, "The Unspeakable Depravity of 'Uncle Gary.'" Child advocates hope that hype will help reform a legal system which too often lets pedophiles slip through its cracks. "He's shone a spotlight on U.K. sex offenders who go overseas and off the radar, and target children where they are highly vulnerable," says Zoe Hilton, policy advisor at London-based National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She's calling for governments to work more closely with one another...