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Despite blistering snowstorms and a dip in consumer confidence, retail sales rose strongly in February, signaling that recession-weary shoppers may finally be opening their wallets. Yet experts quickly noted that consumers have not convincingly abandoned their penny-pinching ways and likely won't for a long time...
Amnesty International may be best known to American audiences for bringing to light horror stories abroad such as the disappearance of political activists in Argentina or the abysmal conditions inside South African prisons under apartheid. But in a new report on pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., Amnesty details the maternal-health care crisis in this country as part of a systemic violation of women's rights...
...Germany than with that in any other country, so any accusations of abuse would probably affect him far more," says Martin. "It cannot fail to evoke strong personal emotions from the Holy Father." And the allegations are yet another reminder of how far the sins of clergy abuse may have reached in the Catholic Church...
...banks and luxury stores and hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails. The police responded by covering central Athens with a haze of tear gas. "War against the capitalists!" the protesters shouted, many with their faces covered to protect against tear gas. "No more sacrifices!" (See why Greece's austerity program may be long overdue...
...light of the ongoing power struggle between Iraq's communities and their regional supporters, the design of the country's democratic system may hamper efforts to build a strong government. Iraq's democracy is a parliamentary system based on the principle of proportional representation - voters all over the country simply choose a party or bloc, whose list of candidates is then allocated the number of seats in parliament proportional to its share of the total vote. The Prime Minister is chosen by a parliamentary majority. While the system may be designed to promote consensus, in the absence of consensus...