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...Musharraf comes at a difficult time for Pakistanis. The economy is approaching a meltdown, with inflation at 25% and the rupee falling to a record low against the dollar. There is also concern that the longer the controversy over Musharraf's fate goes on, the greater distraction it will prove from the challenges of Islamist militancy. That threat was underscored 10 days ago when fighting broke out in the Bajaur tribal agency along the Afghan border. Pakistani military jets and helicopter gunships have been targeting an estimated 3,000 armed militants in the area. More that 460 militants...
Such changes to farm management aren't likely to be cheap or easy to implement. But, as Diaz's study suggests, the consequences of inaction might prove infinitely more expensive. "The oceans are vast and they cover most of the Earth's surface," notes Howarth. "But what people mostly care about in the oceans is largely in these coastal areas. That's where the most productive fisheries are, and where people recreate. And that's where people are overfishing, and where dead zones are developing...
There's little question that China desperately wants its team to avoid scandal in Beijing. Any drug-tainted performance will be a huge loss of face for a country that wants to prove that its athletic successes can come naturally. In the run-up to Beijing, just before American swimmer Jessica Hardy was cut from the U.S. swimming team because of a positive doping test, China, too, busted its best men's backstroker, Ouyang Kunpeng, for steroid use and slapped him with a lifetime ban. Ouyang claimed that the anabolic agent entered his system through contaminated food, not through deliberate...
...Thailand's electorate, and in December 2007 they voted in a government led by a party widely considered to be a proxy of the ousted prime minister. In February 2008, Thaksin returned to Thailand, kissing the tarmac at Bangkok International Airport as supporters cheered him on, and vowing to prove his innocence in court...
...Latin America jaunt could still prove politically fraught for Ma, whose domestic popularity has been slumping in parallel with Taiwan's economy. Paraguay is one of the few remaining countries that maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan rather than with China. Incoming populist President Fernando Lugo has said he favors reversing that policy in order to take advantage of skyrocketing Chinese investment in Latin America - roughly a quarter of China's total overseas investment, according to one estimate. His government has asked Taiwan for a $71 million aid package - seen by some analysts as enticement not to change its diplomatic allegiance...