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...primary policy goals. Asia has also become a leader in promoting free trade, as a proliferation of free-trade associations (FTAs) continues to push back the power of the state. India, another country fingered as a state capitalist, inked landmark FTAs last year with South Korea and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...former Currier House resident, who was born in Ghana, graduated from Harvard College with a degree in African-American studies and founded the Black Men’s Forum. Ashong also met the members of his current band, Soulfège, while a member of Kuumba Singers...
...weeks after a devastating earthquake in Haiti killed hundreds of thousands of people, 10 members of a U.S. church group were detained by Haitian authorities for attempting to illegally take 33 children out of the country. The Americans maintained that they were merely trying to rescue the children from Haiti's dangerous streets and take them to an orphanage they were building in the Dominican Republic. "God wanted us to come here to help children, we are convinced of that," said Laura Silsby, a member of the group. "Our hearts were in the right place...
...flamboyant populist and founder of a virulently anti-immigrant political party, Geert Wilders sees himself as a champion of free speech in the Netherlands. Others would disagree. Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament, is in court this week to face five counts of inciting hatred and discrimination for describing Islam as a fascist religion and Moroccan youths as violent and for calling for the banning of the Koran. The trial, which resumed Wednesday, Feb. 3, after a two-week break, is seen as a test of the limits of free speech and the famously tolerant country's commitment...
...sense of theater. The politician is using the case against him to put Islam on trial, vociferously defending his right to free speech. He suffered a setback on Wednesday, however, when the Amsterdam District Court rejected his demand that the Supreme Court hear the case because he's a member of parliament and then denied his request for 18 witnesses to testify on his behalf - including Bouyeri, who is serving a life sentence for van Gogh's murder. (After he killed the filmmaker, Bouyeri used a knife to stick a note to the body, threatening Wilders and other politicians...