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...wave of revenge attacks, Balogh says, would have "terrible consequences" in a country that has become a racial powder keg and has been hit hard by the global economic crisis. "There are parties that are saying that the Roma [are] to blame for the problems in the country," says Orban Kolompar, president of the National Roma Council, who believes the economic downturn will lead to increased support for far-right parties with anti-Roma platforms in both European parliamentary elections this year and Hungarian national elections next. "Voters who are disillusioned [by the crisis] may join them...
...rush to the scene. Police responded to reports of suspicious mail at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the early afternoon. All the envelopes delivered to the hospitals appeared to be from the same sender, but police found no trace of powder, according to media reports and the Boston Police Department’s online log. The exact intent of the letters mailed to the hospitals remains unclear, but no biological threat was found. Wednesday’s scare began after employees at New England Baptist Hospital noticed an envelope with excessive...
...place to go for a taste of lagan nu bhonu - the traditional Parsi wedding spread - if you don't want to wait for the increasingly rare occasion when two Zoroastrians tie the knot. The meal is always finished with baked wedding custard sprinkled with almonds, pistachios, cardamom and nutmeg powder. Ideal Corner, tel: (91-22) 2262 1930, off Pherozeshah Mehta Road, serves an auspicious meal that is usually eaten on Nowruz, the Zoroastrian New Year (March 21). But at Ideal Corner the yellow lentils, spicy prawn salsa and saffron rice are available every Monday. A la carte delicacies include mutton...
EUROPEAN UNION Reinstated subsidy payments for exports of dairy products like butter and milk powder...
...comes the hangover. Funds launched in 2005 and 2006, which invested most of their capital at the market peak, will struggle ever to turn a profit. But research firm Preqin reports that of $2.5 trillion in private-equity assets worldwide at the end of 2008, $1 trillion was "dry powder" - cash that hadn't been invested. There are lots of cheap companies out there, and private-equity firms with cash on hand will surely hit a few home runs with investments made in the coming years...