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Counterculture to Capital Berlin has always been different. During the Cold War era it was a magnet for young West German gays, punks and pacifists who got out of doing military service by moving there. They remain an important part of the culture: there are still squats in derelict buildings, and a vibrant, semilegal club scene. "The place still has an outlawish feel," says James Docwra, who works for an agency that books DJs. But in the transition from hippy to hip, some of the anarchy of earlier times has gone, particularly since the government moved from Bonn...
...Peace in Kashmir will remain an illusion as long as there remains an Indian Kashmir and a Pakistani Kashmir. Instead of fighting against the prevailing poverty, illiteracy and other related problems in their respective countries, Pakistan and India have fought three wars over Kashmiri territory. Leaders of these countries should realize that their peoples are better served as partners than as rivals. Kashmir is not a volatile issue for India and Pakistan only: it is a threat also to world peace. The international community should, therefore, exert pressure on the two belligerent parties to resolve the problem amicably according...
However, both candidates remain unfazed by their apparent lack of experience with the UC and are approaching this campaign with the confidence of future winners...
...problem, says Hedrick-Wong and other economists, is that the average Chinese still faces too much uncertainty about the future to spend more freely. China's social safety net systems remain weak, forcing Chinese families to squirrel away large sums to care for elderly parents, pay rising medical bills and prepare for retirement. Aware of the problem, the Chinese government has been taking steps to beef up welfare programs to alleviate the financial burden faced by Chinese families and loosen their purse strings. Beijing, for example, is undertaking a three-year, $125 billion program to build hospitals and clinics...
...most of the world - which has given the parasite more time to adapt. Getting people to take the right treatment has also proven to be a public-health challenge. As a fast-acting drug that typically clears out the parasite in less than 72 hours but doesn't remain in the body, artemisinin is prescribed with a slower partner drug to clean out any straggler parasites that might have developed resistance. Taking a partner drug with artemisinin, called combination therapy, is required by law in Cambodia and Thailand, but it's difficult to enforce. Since the partner drug - typically mefloquine...