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...Today, the people of Mumbai have re-emerged. They are angry, at both Pakistan, which many believe was the source of the atrocity, and their own government. And they have awakened to a realization that something fundamentally has altered, and that their city, indeed nation, needs fixing, perhaps even a rebirth. "We've been attacked before," says Rohini Ramanathan, a radio talk-show host whose morning program has been flooded with emotional phone calls. "But after these recent attacks people are saying, 'Let's not pretend everything's all right.' We don't need to make a show...
...been widely criticized for failing to stop the 2002 anti-Muslim violence, appeared before the cameras to announce an award of $200,000 for the families of those "who have been martyred while fighting the terrorists" and to criticize Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the nation the day before as "disappointing...
...political fallout has made this tragedy look more like Hurricane Katrina - a shock that exposes a nation's structural weaknesses. The most obvious problems were the inability of the central and state governments to anticipate the terrorist attack and to respond adequately once it had begun. Home Minister Shivraj Patil, in charge of internal security at the central government, was the first to resign. He has been under intense criticism for months, the pressure mounting with each new bombing elsewhere in the country. There have been at least 10 major blasts over the past 18 months, the most recent...
Somalia's Struggles Yes, the Somali Islamic government had its faults [Nov. 24]. But you left out that after 15 years with no government, Somali businessmen created one to establish some order. They succeeded and actually stopped piracy. But the U.S. and Ethiopian militaries attacked the nation's hospitals and civilians and destroyed the government, bringing back piracy - not to mention possibly the worst refugee conditions in the world. Don Lairs, AUSTIN, TEXAS...
...particularly glamorous, but tiny Iceland has spent decades figuring out useful ways to harness its heat and power, employing it for everything from baking bread to turning turbines. Geothermal power now provides cheap, clean heat to more than 90% of Icelandic homes, and generates 30% of the nation's electricity, a slice worth roughly $120 million. In recent years, as Icelanders became smitten with the idea that their ambitious banks could create a global financial center in the far north Atlantic, geothermal power got pushed out of the spotlight. But now, with the krona down 44% against the dollar compared...