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...Speaking on Sept. 7 at his party's headquarters, where a group of weary volunteers were making last-minute phone pitches to voters, Cheng said democrats were "quite worried" about losing their one-third minority in the city's legislative assembly. In Hong Kong's Byzantine political structure, set up by the British to forestall grassroots political organizing, only half of the city's legislators are elected by voters; the rest are elected by largely pro-Beijing business interest groups. Legislators also lack any meaningful power, since they can only veto laws proposed by the city's chief executive...
Kilpatrick leaves behind a city council that is itself enveloped in the smog of scandal. One-third of the council is reportedly under investigation by the FBI in connection with a sludge-disposal contract. With this particular political sludge moved out of the mayor's office, however, Detroiters are welcoming the chance for a semi-clean start with council president Ken Cockrel Jr., who will become the new mayor...
...factor defining Europe's response to Russia will be energy: Russia's mammoth oil and gas reserves now provide about one-third of the continent's energy needs. That's an argument for maintaining good relations with Europe, although the counter-argument is that Russia's economy is equally dependent on selling energy to Europe. "We tend to put out this picture of 'Hostage Europe' but it is not a one-way street," says Langton. "If Russia does not get these revenues, then it is in trouble...
...Huang and her fellow graduates are facing China's surprisingly grim economic realities - some new, some chronic. Generating enough jobs for the masses of newly minted capitalists who emerge from China's university system has for years been a challenge. Last year, about one-third of college grads went jobless for at least six months after graduation, according to government estimates. This year's crop of 5.6 million grads - 740,000 more than last year - is the largest ever, and the tsunami of able bodies is washing into the market just as China's economy is faltering...
...That's meant cleaner air and greener jobs. The homegrown wind company Vestas is a world leader earning $8 billion a year, an impressive figure in a country that has barely half the population of Hong Kong. The taxi ride into the city won't take long either - some one-third of urban transport within Copenhagen is done by bicycle, and two-wheelers cruise the bike-only lanes throughout the city. (And they have right of way, which is a good thing to keep in mind unless you want to be run down by a pedal-pushing Danish grandmother while...