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...working it out as they go." Nowhere has that been more apparent than in Hatoyama's handling of the status of American bases on Okinawa. That southern Japanese island, a famous World War II battleground, still hosts roughly 25,000 troops, almost all of them Marines, and the local Okinawans have long resented the heavy military presence. In 2006, the U.S. and Japan reached an agreement to move a Marine air base on Okinawa to a less populated part of the island and relocate 8,000 troops to Guam. (Read "Five Ways to Fix Japan's Economy...
...Second, growing Africa's private sector is the only long-term way to escape from poverty. Increased investment is vital to this, and Africa needs it and warrants it. Those African governments that are able to create the right environment and form effective partnerships with local and international investors will be those that create jobs and end poverty for their people. (Read: "Saving One Life At a Time...
...Local political pundit Robert Winters said that Flaherty and DiDomenico were the two frontrunners throughout the campaign, and that both were likely to run again in September regardless of the outcome of the special election...
Clover serves all-vegetarian fare. Additionally, Muir said, “We probably serve more local, organic food than other restaurants in the area, but we don’t tell our customers...
...most anti-immigrant legislation the U.S. has seen since the House bill of 2005 which set off huge demonstrations across the country," says Newman. "The sheer breadth of this bill is going to alter the national discussion." He says the bill does four things: criminalizes undocumented status, enlists local police in illegal-immigration enforcement, allows citizens to sue police departments if citizens think the police are not being sufficiently vigilant in enforcement and forbids any city from ignoring the state law and becoming a so-called sanctuary zone. "That's before you get to racial profiling," says Newman, "because anyone...