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...foreclosures? Or would it be better for the foreclosures to proceed? One of the things that can be done to make the housing market more stable is if something is done to limit the foreclosures. There's been a lot of rhetoric about helping mortgage holders who cannot maintain their monthly payments on the mortgage, but very little, in fact, has been done to help them. If they've really got a program now that will work, that will help to stabilize the housing industry, and that will improve chances for a revival of the economy...
...enormous loss of life marked a bloody milestone in Beijing's administration of the troubled zone, in which Muslim Uighurs make up the majority of the population. It also presages a severe tightening of the already viselike grip the authorities maintain on the semiautonomous region, one that could be even harsher than the crackdown that followed the violent suppression of protests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in March 2008. Officials said several hundred protesters had already been arrested and some 90 more were still being sought on Monday afternoon. "I fear for what is to come," said Nicholas Bequelin...
...Iranian leadership ratchets up the rhetoric, the E.U. faces a dilemma. Does it respond in kind, by imposing new sanctions or withdrawing its ambassadors, or does it try to maintain leverage by keeping the channels of dialogue open? (See TIME's photo-essay: "Behind the Scenes with Mousavi...
...Some think the E.U. has to show some teeth to maintain its credibility. "The E.U. needs to show that its position is associated with the U.S., with its implicit threat of coercive action," says Daniel Korski, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Noting that Iran's economy is struggling - oil is now below $68 a barrel and the recent turmoil will further deter foreign investment - Korski says the government has a long-term interest in repairing its relationship with the E.U. "Iran may rant and rage, but that doesn't mean the E.U. is being kicked...
...Dalton, associate fellow at the international-affairs institute Chatham House in London. Dalton believes that behind Iran's prickly attitude is insecurity about the country's relative weakness compared to the E.U. "Iran needs Europe - it needs the trade, it needs support in international organizations and it needs to maintain a strong image to the outside world," he says. "The E.U. has influence, and when it takes collective actions, others take notice, and Iran does not come off well. Iran is in a difficult situation and it knows that it will eventually have to engage in more discussions." Until then...