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...designed to be the world's first zero-carbon-footprint, zero-waste settlement--the embodiment of this oil-rich Arab city's surprisingly green dreams. "This is bringing attention and capital from around the world to Abu Dhabi," says Khoreibi. "We're going to use this as a launching pad for clean development...
Sons of Liberty Your leading article on democracy in Asia misunderstood why a Thai middle-class that once rallied against military rule brought down two democratic governments in Bangkok [Jan. 12]. Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) were those who could no longer tolerate the massive abuse of power of an elected government so mired in corruption. Yes, the protesters wore the colors of the beloved monarchy, but they were targeting a gang of crony politicians, not the institutions of democracy itself. Rather than impede democratic progress, the PAD phenomenon has clearly advanced civil society in Thailand...
...Sons of Liberty your article on democracy in asia misunderstood why a Thai middle class that once rallied against military rule brought down two democratic governments in Bangkok [Jan. 12]. Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) were those who could no longer tolerate the massive abuse of power of an elected government so mired in corruption. Yes, the protesters wore the colors of the beloved monarchy, but they were targeting a gang of crony politicians, not the institutions of democracy itself. Rather than impede democratic progress, the PAD phenomenon has clearly advanced civil society in Thailand. Despite...
...project that is planned to be the first zero-carbon footprint, totally renewably powered settlement - a monument to the use of technology to conquer hydrocarbons. "This is bringing attention and capital from around the world to Abu Dhabi," says Khoreibi. "We're going to use this as a launching pad for clean development...
Sure, experts say, he'll cough up the obvious brokerage accounts, client names, and offshore and numbered accounts that dealt directly with his investment company, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. And he'll begrudgingly concede the $7 million Park Avenue pad, the Palm Beach digs, the yachts, the French villa and the Montauk getaway. But no one believes he'll tell authorities where all the booty is stashed - not a chance, unless it saves him from walking the plank. It's the equivalent of the British government asking the infamous pirate Captain Kidd if he wouldn't mind handing...