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...That was the day hundreds of villagers, saying they were fed up with government corruption, stormed city hall, tossed out the top bureaucrats and occupied the building. Their strange protest continues today. Three dozen old women in smocks and sandals sit at the entrance, guarding against the removal of boxes of documents that they believe will prove the officials' guilt. A cauldron of congee cooks on an open fire in the driveway. One retiree, 73-year-old Li Biao, marches around the building in a T shirt with the phrase "Villager's Complaint" stenciled over the face of Bruce...
...occupiers of Xiantang's city hall are hoping their protest will force Beijing to act. So far, the police have not moved in to evict them, probably because Xiantang is small and the discontent shows no sign of spreading. But the villagers' resolve is fading. "People have to get back to work," says one protester. Beijing can no doubt win this skirmish by ignoring it. But the war on corruption will not be won by looking the other...
...cautious predecessors. Despite the disruption that the recent strikes have caused - and the prospect that they will drag on - polls show Sarkozy holding steady with a 55% approval rating. Yet a further test of will comes on Nov. 20, when hundreds of thousands of state employees are scheduled to protest over 22,000 public-sector job cuts slated for 2008. And more antireform demonstrations will follow. But Sarkozy can draw strength from the immensity of the stakes: he knows that caving in now could mean surrendering the rest of his presidency...
...rear. In recent weeks, critics have laughed off Bhutto's halfhearted opposition to Musharraf, pointing out that while other leaders and lawyers languished behind bars, she was able to roam free, host diplomatic receptions and broadcast her press conferences on state-run TV. But when Bhutto called for protest rallies and a march from Lahore to the capital, Islamabad, she too was placed under house arrest. The final straw, she says, was when Musharraf's forces rounded up thousands of her supporters across the country in advance of the planned march. "It left my party with the conclusion that...
Jacob P. Reitan, a student at the Harvard Divinity School (HDS), shocked his traditional Minnesotan Lutheran parents when he came out in high school. Today, the Reitans get arrested together, protesting on the frontlines for gay rights in the church.The new documentary “For the Bible Tells Me So,” directed by Daniel Karslake, tells the story of five different Christian families, the Reitans included, dealing with the sexual orientations of their children. Some are more supportive than others. The five families come from all spectrums of life: one is a southern black family of preachers...