Word: regionality
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...infection rates. Cambodia and Vietnam reported double the cases this year compared with last, and more than 400 deaths; Thailand and Burma each recorded roughly a third more cases in 2007. The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the fourth consecutive year of unusually high rates in the region - and doctors are worried that global warming may be partially to blame...
...Administration deems the regime worthy of continued funding despite Musharraf's unconstitutional actions. This reminds me of how the U.S. backed South American dictators in the name of preventing the spread of communism. Allowing democracy to be so egregiously revoked does not bode well for U.S. policies in the region, and it is only a matter of time before this current ally withers from lack of popular support. Defeating communism required the cooperation of governments; defeating terrorism will require the cooperation of people. Jitesh Laxman, Toronto...
...what to do? Afghanistan's pomegranates are not going to drag the country out of poverty or end the drug trade any time soon. But perhaps the countries fighting extremism in the region could look at some sort of regularized freight service to boost the economy. Even better would be for foreign companies to see opportunity and profits in Afghanistan despite its problems. If, like me, you love pomegranates and want to help one of the most neglected places on the planet, then demand that your local shops stock the Kandahari good stuff - the fruit that's better than...
...crusades he hoped to pursue as President "until 2050," as he remarked last month. If so, he stands a better chance of leaving a solid legacy as the revolutionary who finally set Venezuela and Latin America on a real course to solve the worst inequality of any region in the world - and not as just another overweening Latin leftist who stayed too long. "We support Chávez's social project," says Ismael Garcia, a socialist congressman who rejected the reforms. "But he has to realize that people who disagree with him aren't necessarily 'enemies of the people...
...Brussels, it has a multiturreted town hall resembling a fairy-tale château, and a rich history involving Roman armies, Augustinian monks and medieval dukes. Since late last month, it also has a new law that makes proficiency in Dutch, the official language of Belgium's Flemish region, a precondition for buying public land. That puts a hard new edge on the increasing alienation between the country's linguistic communities, but Mayor Tim Vandenput is unrepentant. "I have nothing against other nationalities," he says. "But this is a Flemish region and we want it to remain Flemish...