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Welcome to the Care Rehabilitation Center, part of a three-year-old experiment to reform malleable minds who have fallen under the sway of Osama bin Laden's radical brand of Islam. To get here, jihadis have to demonstrate during a prison interview a readiness to rethink their extremist views. (About 20% of the 1,875 holy warriors invited to participate have refused.) The program, developed by a team of Islamic scholars, psychiatrists and sociologists, tries to convince these men of their mistakes and make them productive members of Saudi society, which has been rocked by terrorism: al-Qaeda attacks...
There is consensus among the liberal elites that the American education system is a fundamentally flawed one, and that it requires sweeping reform. Nevertheless, I dissent from the Crimson Staff in their endorsement of monetary incentives for New York City schools that serve communities with a high proportion of low-income Latino or black students. Doubtless, many of the students from such disadvantaged backgrounds need help to stay in school and focus on their studies, which are eventually what will give them a chance at better circumstances. But paying the way forward will not pave the way forward...
...government and its backers say they'll do whatever necessary to make France's overburdened, underfinanced pension system viable. Some observers worry that the polarizing split within French society that a drawn-out conflict would result in makes reaching compromise over pension reform critical...
...remains the most vulnerable to continued striking as union members prepared to vote on whether to renew the movement. The union leaders' task now is to find a way to extend the actions long enough to force Sarkozy to do something he's repeatedly vowed not to: withdraw contested reform he and conservative backers call both urgent and overdue. For many observers, the stage is set for a repeat of 1995, when the conservative government shelving proposed pension reform after a month of bitter, economically damaging strikes. The conservatives were voted out of power just 18 months later...
...email to staff, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson said the job cuts - part of a six-year reform plan to cover a $4.8 billion funding shortfall - would be achieved primarily by integrating existing programming. Currently, separate journalists and producers from various radio and television stations often cover the same topic. BBC employees will soon be required to work across all media to help reduce this duplication. The BBC will close 2,500 job posts in the next six years while creating 700 posts, resulting in a net loss of 1,800 staff...