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...What makes the deal so controversial in New Delhi is the antipathy many Indian politicians feel toward the U.S. During the cold war, India was a nonaligned nation but its leaders were friendlier with Moscow than they were with Washington. The country still has vibrant communist parties whose politicians reflect grass-roots anti-American sentiments that run through the country despite Indians' enthusiastic consumption of tight jeans, French fries and Friends. Doraiswamy Raja, national secretary for the Communist Party of India, accuses Singh of "succumbing to the pressures of American imperialism" by signing the nuclear deal, warning that...
...think it's too early to publish a memoir? You're only 26. -Steve Lin, BeijingThere are many things in life that have quickly passed me by. I'm traveling on the road almost everyday. And sometimes you don't have time to really reflect on life. I've tried to remember every important thing that has happened to me over the years. Also, this is a time when many people want to know about China. I always get asked why, as a Chinese person, do I play Western classical music. That image doesn't really...
...London posters also advertised Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. Thus far, there has been no outcry from officials in those cities. That may reflect their knowledge that gay tourists spend some $65 billion in the U.S. annually. "It's a tremendous market to tap into," says Matthew DeGuire of Travel Unlimited, a retail travel agency in Columbia, South Carolina. "Most gay households are two-income families with no kids, and they have a lot more disposable income than a typical household." Indeed, a recent marketing survey found that 97% of American gay men and women took...
...their kids will live better lives than they did, which means the American Dream isn't exactly dead. (Although America's kids aren't so sure.) But most also believe that the social contract - the benefits corporations and government once guaranteed - is busted and needs to be rewritten to reflect the realities of economic life in a global marketplace. A majority (78%) say there is more risk to their and their family's financial future than in the past, and rely more on their friends and family for financial support. More than a fifth (22%) have had to borrow money...
...Laura, 23, from Milan, Italy, is part of a group that's accompanied the wooden cross - she likens it to the Olympic Torch - around Australia. They've received nothing but smiles, she says: "Australians are very welcoming." She hopes World Youth Day will provoke the secular to reflect more about faith: "Seeing all these people who come from all over the world - and it's a hard and long trip - maybe they will think, This must be something important." Maybe even as important as the football finals...