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...access to the sites of demolished schools where parents and journalists would gather. The government offered compensation to parents, hush money that reportedly ran as high as $14,000 in exchange for a promise to keep quiet. Those that didn't acquiesce faced official intimidation. Lu says police frequently questioned him and demanded that he cease his calls for justice. The only shop with a fax in his village has been told to not let him send documents. Nevertheless, Lu continues. In late October he received a statement from Beichuan officials denying any flaws in the building...
...case of Turkey, the question for Europe is not, as with Russia, how to avoid a dangerous rivalry. It is, rather, how to institutionalize relations with Turkey so that it can be Europe's partner in a dangerous neighborhood. At a recent World Economic Forum conference in Istanbul, I was struck both by how creative Turkish diplomacy now is in the whole ring of instability to its east and south, from Armenia right round to Syria, and how much Turks wanted to work with Europeans to extend the area of peace and economic integration which has, since the Treaty...
...coast guard. "The E.U. has to protect its borders," says Pavlopoulos. "And every member has to take part in that protection." Panagiotis Tzilas, coast-guard commander in Mytilene, says that saving lives should be the priority, but Greece alone can't cope with the task. "It's not a question of what we should do," says Tzilas. "It's what Europe wants to do. This is Europe's border...
...Great question. Well, taking my meds and working out every day. Having a positive attitude. And early detection--we caught it early on and jumped on the medicine right away. That's why we're always encouraging young people to go get tested. Because the earlier you find out anything--it's not just HIV and AIDS, it's cancer, whatever it is--those doctors can jump on it right away and help save your life...
...there is going to be a Christmas. Americans buy gifts even in trying times. How much they'll spend remains the big question. Says Bill Martin, a co-founder of ShopperTrak, a retail-information company: "Consumers are going to want to have their Christmas this year with all the bad news they...