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...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 to mobilize his coalition government to translate [that] into real action." Abhisit sees it differently. "Things continue to move forward," Abhisit told TIME recently, sitting in Government House, the country's seat...
...response to a petition filed by Blaney, the English High Court sent this "direct message" to @blaneysblarney via Twitter: "You are hereby ordered by the High Court of Justice to read and comply with the following order." This was accompanied by a link to a web page containing the command to desist from the misleading tweeting. By clicking the link, the miscreant risks revealing his or her personal IP address, but Blaney realizes his shadowy opponent might not fall into this cunning trap. "I've watched enough [of the police TV drama] NCIS and all these kinds of programs...
...says that it's precisely because the impostor is doing a good job of imitating him that he decided to act. "If it was a parody, if it had been set up saying 'I'm bored today; let's go and invade France,' I wouldn't have got the order. As right wing as I am, I wouldn't advocate invading France today. Maybe next month, but not today...
...Macapagal-Arroyo is not the first Philippine president to come out in support of breastfeeding. In 1986 President Corazon Aquino signed into law Executive Order 51, the National Milk Code - designed to implement the objectives of the WHO's 1981 International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, which bans virtually all forms of advertising and marketing of infant formula, as well as forbidding milk-company representatives from contacting pregnant women and mothers, or distributing gifts to health workers. In its annual meeting in 1974, the WHO determined that breastfeeding was in decline around the world, and soon after drafted...
Nevertheless winning the Games is a huge boost for Rio. The decision promises to transform a city that has fallen into disrepair and has been looking for a purpose since losing its capital city status in 1960 to the modernist built-to-order jungle metropolis of Brasilia. The massive investment will rejuvenate it. In fact, organizers and government administrators believe that every Brazilian real spent on the Games will generate three in profit...