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...Officially, the Philippines knows it can't sustain having 10% of its population gone for decades at a time, particularly when a worldwide economic recession means fewer jobs overseas and smaller remittance checks sent home. During an October meeting on global migration in Manila, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that millions of migrants were at risk of losing their jobs in the wake of the financial crisis - grim news for both individual Filipinos and their government. By law, the government isn't allowed to promote overseas employment. But the Department of Labor does arrange state-to-state labor...
...Moon Over Kenya: With the Obamas of Kogelo...
...Other issues require attention too. In outer space, we must continue to fund cost-effective robot missions but also plan manned flights to the moon and Mars that will inspire the world. We need to solve water management issues in the rapidly drying American Southwest and pass those good strategies on to the billion people worldwide without safe drinking water. And we need to create a healthcare system that not only increases coverage but also promotes cost-efficient treatment and preventative medicine. Finally, we need to fund science research that can put our science PhDs to work, and to change...
...Moon, Alice Re your article on Mars: human exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond would restore national pride and bring purpose to our space program [Oct. 27]. If such visionaries as President John F. Kennedy, rocket designer Wernher von Braun and astronomer Carl Sagan were alive today, we probably would be walking on Mars by now. Let's keep the dream alive. Rick Schreiner, San Marino, California
...seems the East Coast might yet again be the backdrop for a massive overhaul of the world's financial playbook. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly backed calls for a summit before the new year, saying the agency's headquarters in New York - the very "symbol of multilateralism" - should play host. Sarkozy concurred, but for different reasons: "Insofar as the crisis began in New York," he said, "then the global solution must be found to this crisis in New York...