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...mates back in newcastle, where he was born, and at Eton, where he was schooled, knew him as Mark, a soccer fanatic who later scored first-class honors at Oxford. Today, Thailand's urbane Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, says he dreamed of leading his Southeast Asian nation ever since he was a little boy, but he still seems more comfortable roaming the corridors of international diplomacy than engaging in the rough-and-tumble politics of his homeland. Just days ago, the 45-year-old economist headed to New York City to hobnob with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly...
...Abhisit is not to blame for the deep national divides he inherited when he took office nine months ago. During his short tenure, he has diligently applied himself to the slow rebuilding of democratic institutions that have been eroded by nearly four years of political turbulence. But so far good intentions have not yielded many concrete results. "Abhisit is the first elected Prime Minister who said he would put human rights and justice at the forefront of his administration in order to promote national unity," says Sunai Phasuk, Thailand researcher for Human Rights Watch. "But he lacks the power...
...says that when she worked in Turkey, some people threw stones at the dogs because they are considered unclean and unwelcome beasts by some Muslims. (Islamic tradition does not generally embrace keeping dogs as pets.) But she has been impressed by how welcoming Indonesians, living in a Muslim majority nation, have been of the Swiss menagerie. "Everyone has been very friendly and tolerant," she says. "I think they realize that these dogs may be the ones that might save people they know...
...nation like the Philippines, where nearly half the nation lives on $2 a day, the sheer economic need for more women to move to breastfeeding is striking. With roughly 25% of formula-using families in the Philippines at or below the poverty line in 2003, families are spending a full 27% of their resources on formula. To save on costs, many families over-dilute the formula or add other kinds of milk - including condensed milk - a practice that, over time, can lead to malnutrition, illness, and death. In 2005 the World Health Organization estimated the nation's total lost wages...
...Ondoy on Sept. 26, breastfeeding advocates say the practice can provide the key to averting a whole new set of disasters. "The availability of water, cooking utensils, and fuel is very unreliable," said Nona Andaya-Castillo, co-organizer of the synchronized breastfeeding event, in Manila, three days after the nation experienced its worst flooding in nearly 50 years. She and Henares-Esguerra had just spent the previous night with President Macapagal-Arroyo, drafting a press statement advising mothers not to accept formula-milk donations during the crisis...