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...title of your Dec. 14 issue, "It's His War Now," demonstrates a problem with modern media. While our young men and women are suffering physical and emotional calamities overseas, the talking heads and media remain obsessed with declaring winners. We are a nation at war, and this war, like all others, does not belong to one man. Mike Keller, TAMPA...
...agreement was an agreement no one really agreed on and most of the criticism is because it does not place anyone under any obligation. For President Obama that might seem like a success but in order for America to be the leading nation in reducing carbon dioxide and pollution, it will need a policy that has the cooperation of industry but also an understanding among consumers that they must choose less polluting products. Cornelis den Heyer, THE HAGUE...
...despite the high volume of repossessed properties - the Inland region has the sixth highest concentration of foreclosures in the nation, according to the listing service RealtyTrac - house hunting here is an exercise in frustration. Banks have been slow to put properties on the market, sparking bidding wars among buyers. Overwhelmingly, the winners of these clashes are investors, who have been snapping up homes with high all-cash offers. "For the home seller, cash is king," says Yun. "First-time buyers are at a disadvantage...
...than 500 mostly small-scale trafficking syndicates - Nigerian, Chinese, Indian and Russian, among others - collude with South African partners, including recruiters and corrupt police officials, to enslave local victims. The country's estimated 1.4 million AIDS orphans are especially vulnerable. South Africa has more HIV cases than any other nation, and a child sold into its sex industry will often face an early grave...
...riots in Rosarno, which reportedly began after three Italian teenagers fired air rifles at two African immigrants, unsettled a nation that prides itself on its bella figura - the beautiful image. About 2,500 migrants live in the Rosarno valley in the southern Calabria region, moving with the seasonal agricultural jobs. Many have political asylum or are otherwise legally in Italy, but legal or not, the migrants are managed by a Mafia-run employment system, the caporalato, that operates like a 21st century chain gang. Saviano says that those who object to low wages or poor working conditions are simply eliminated...