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...Toyoda - who unconvincingly insisted that he made the second public appearance not because he has come under fire, but because it was his "own way of improving the situation" - delivered the bad news at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, where minister Seiji Maehara also learned the chief of the world's largest automobile maker is headed to the U.S. on an apology tour. Maehara has condemned Toyota for being insensitive and slow in responding to domestic consumer complaints - the first report of the brake problems in Japan goes back to July, and 84 had been filed...
...retired officer or soldier is considered a military officer for six months (after retirement), Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeyawardena told reporters today. Fonseka retired from the post of Chief of Defense Staff on Nov. 12. The government minister also warned that until court proceedings are concluded, any public expression of opinion about the matter is prohibited. "The opposition is trying to get innocent civilians onto the streets to achieve their political ends. They should not put innocent lives at risk," he said...
Both Iranians and the outside world will be watching how events unfold on Thursday to see just how much life remains in the opposition movement months after the government began cracking down on public displays of dissent. Knowing this, the Iranian government has spent weeks trying to prevent a large opposition turnout. Internet and text-messaging services have ground to a virtual halt, which the government has explained by citing technical difficulties but which opposition supporters say is timed to prevent them from organizing other supporters. At least 1,000 people have been arrested in the past two months, according...
With normal telecommunications blocked or censored (including reported plans to shut down Google's Gmail service and replace it with a homegrown product), opposition organizers are spreading information by word of mouth or in public places by text-messaging using Bluetooth wireless protocol, which despite its limited range is hard to block. The opposition has also asked its supporters who are too afraid or unable to attend demonstrations to gather in their gardens and release green balloons, a reference to the signature color of the opposition, which is known as the Green Movement. Other tactics proposed by organizers include joining...
...campaign's list as well, particularly when it comes to access to education. Schools used to be one of Costa Rica's largest sources of pride and a big reason First World high-tech giants like Intel invested in the country. But "most Costa Ricans feel the quality of public education has dropped off considerably," says Jorge Mora, director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in San José. One indicator: in the 1990s, the wealthiest 10% of Costa Rica's population earned 15 times what the poorest tenth made; in the 2000s that figure was almost...