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...station a few hours later, vowing to continue his fight for an Islamic state. In Swat, once a tourist haven 100 miles (160 km) from the national capital Islamabad, militants burned down the country's only ski resort and torched 21 girls' schools. A spokesman for Mullah Fazlullah, the local Taliban leader who used to work the resort's chairlift, said their group was forced to act because government security forces were using some of the schools as bunkers. In the forbidding tribal zone of Waziristan, followers of Baitullah Mehsud, the physical-education teacher turned assassin (both...
...Musharraf, decided to negotiate with militants. The administration embraced the peace effort in the hope that diplomacy would succeed where force had failed. Perhaps over time the accords would have worked. Says Ayaz Wazir, a former Pakistani ambassador who hails from Waziristan: "We have a saying in Pashto [the local language], that if you fight for 100 years, on the last day you will again sit around the table and find a solution. So why not just start...
...housing woes are already casting a chill on spending. For example, says Mehta, there has been "a dramatic fall" in sales of household goods such as dishwashers and refrigerators in the past six to eight months because people aren't moving as often. But real estate is an intensely local business, and in many markets it remains robust: for example, all of Germany, and the desirable parts of desirable cities like Paris and London. If enough places hold up and the declines elsewhere are short-lived, the damage could be limited...
...special economic region that the city transformed from farmland into a breathtaking skyline in only 20 years—I quickly discovered that grabbing Subway, feeding my daily Starbucks addiction, or strolling through the “Super-Brand” mall was actually easier than finding local food...
When I soon discovered the local restaurants and tried using the taxis, the anxiety caused by my very-limited Chinese started to subside, and I learned that pointing or flashing numbers often got my message across the language barrier. But relief at my improvisational skills soon turned into bewilderment: Where was this culture shock for which I had braced? As I walked the streets unable to verbally communicate and trying to observe human behavior as much as possible, it dawned on me that this linguistic bubble shielded me from the types of personal encounters and social perceptions that can cause...