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Some of Abdullah's reforms are still blocked by Islamic opposition. His efforts to bring the kingdom into the World Trade Organization, for example, could help create jobs, and unemployment is 15%. But the obstacles to membership include the country's lack of appropriate commercial and insurance laws. Islamic traditionalists regard such laws as an affront to Shari'a, the rules of life that, according to Muslim tradition, were handed down...
Other members add that each group serves a distinct purpose, though the membership of gay groups like BGLTSA, BOND, and Girlspot overlap...
...February 2001, Cho stripped to his underwear in front of the Science Center as part of a Harvard Students Against Sweatshops protest against Harvard’s membership in the Fair Labor Association...
Today, the members of the institute’s governing Student Advisory Committee (SAC) are elected by the IOP’s student membership...
...China's World Trade Organization membership does nothing to open the country's media outlets to foreign ownership or competition. But there are expectations that things will gradually loosen up. In October, for example, Phoenix and CETV were granted permission to broadcast legally in Guangdong province. The government also recently organized its highly fragmented, state-owned media companies into two mammoth conglomerates, possibly in preparation for the day when foreigners will be allowed greater access...