Word: properous
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...West experience derogatory treatment. It is doubly insulting when those victimized are from Muslim countries in the Middle East and elsewhere. In addition to discrimination at home, the arrogant foreign policies of most Western countries produce a sense of injustice among many Muslims who believe they have no proper recourse-politically, socially or economically. The resulting sense of powerlessness breeds anger that finds its way into extremism, violence and terrorism. Instead of blaming Islam, look at the root causes of the boiling anger and remove them. Only then will we feel safe. Bashy Quraishy Chief Editor, MediaWatch Copenhagen...
Gilo was built on barren land almost immediately following the 1967 Six Day War after Jordan retreated from Jerusalem and the West Bank. Several West Bank settlements including Gilo, Ma’aleh Adumim, and Givat Ze’ev, were built as a belt to insulate Jerusalem proper from further attack. When Israel gained control over the land that had been “no man’s land” since the Jordanian conquest, Israelis wasted no time in developing it. Beginning as a modest village, Gilo grew into the city it is today...
...Pakistanis, but they treat us like foreigners." And so, in his opinion, did the central government. "None of the work on the port has gone to people from Gwadar," he added. "They are spending billions of rupees on it, but they have not even built us a proper hospital." Like the children playing cricket, he seemed to consider himself very much a Pakistani. But he resented Islamabad's heavy-handed approach and the troops it deployed to enforce its policies. I left Gwadar with new sympathy for the Baluch and their desire for more say in their affairs...
...proper way to review a car is to push it to its limits, flooring the accelerator and screeching round hairpin bends to discover its strengths and weaknesses. In much the same way, it is the duty of every travel writer to subject the hotels they visit to really robust test drives. So Maurizio Romani, the general manager at L'Andana, a deluxe establishment in Tuscany, may remember me as the Guest from Hell: high maintenance, capricious and, quite frankly, badly behaved. But I was only doing my job - with assistance from my husband Andy and in spontaneous cooperation with...
...EBADI, who in 2003 became the first Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, said she will defy a ban on her human-rights organization that Tehran imposed last week. The government declared the Center for Defense of Human Rights illegal--on grounds that it was functioning without a proper permit--and threatened to prosecute members who continue to offer pro bono legal counsel to Iranian dissidents...