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...looted Asian antiquities is not so much the crime against the dead as the crime against the perpetrators themselves [Oct. 27]. Wittingly or unwittingly, the looters have sacrificed their heritage on the altar of greed. Thoughtless European and American dealers and buyers, weary of their own heritage, now prefer Asia's. But no matter how many Asian relics they collect, no alchemy can transform Europe or America into Asia. COSMOS ODOEMENA Sokoto, Nigeria
...ruling party, provoked much speculation about his future when he entered politics three years ago. But he denies he has presidential ambitions, and his father has publicly scoffed at the notion of a hereditary succession in Egypt. More pertinent, Gamal lacks the backing of the military, which may prefer Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's loyal Defense Minister. Mubarak himself has lately thrust intelligence chief General Omar Suleiman into the limelight by giving him the task of negotiating an Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire. Although Suleiman keeps a low profile, he has the distinct advantage of having earned the President...
...bounds of full-time employment--either through contract work, part-time jobs, temp assignments or some combination of the three. The recession has led to an increase in what Jared Bernstein, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, calls "involuntary entrepreneurs," people like Nieva-Woodgate, who would much prefer to have a full-time...
...rescue of Jessica Lynch on a stretcher. But they actually have a good point. The media too often do play up violent stories at the expense of nuanced ones: if it bleeds, it leads. The problem is, Bush's crew have embraced this critique only now that they prefer the nuanced story to the battlefield one. At the same time, they have abandoned a worthy conservative principle: that government, and taxpayers' money, should stay the hell out of the media business...
...That’s like asking whether I would prefer a Rolls-Royce or a Honda,” Sangay said. “Tibet has sustained itself on its own for the last 2,000 years. Tibetans in exile have been extremely successful...