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...actions of the idiots at Cronulla or Newport, or wherever they choose to gather, with anger and disgust. The freedoms we value in Australia are, thankfully, comprehensive enough to protect the rights of fools to express their misguided opinions. The majority of Australians have an innate tendency not to remain silent when the acts of the few impact on the rights of the many. I prefer to think that this is what makes Australia worth celebrating. Kelvin Walsh, Springwood, Australia
...large, in Sarajevo that potential still seems remote. The city's residents remain wary of militants. Rustempasic says he doubts any company will ever employ him, and when three Algerian-born Bosnian citizens returned to Sarajevo after six years' detention in Guantánamo, they were shunned by those who feared they would spread militant Islam. "They have no opportunity to get jobs," says human-rights activist Dizdarevic. More typical of Sarajevo's new religious fervor are young professionals like Begic and Husic, whose faith has instilled meaning and order into their once tumultuous lives. Husic says she has learned...
...just as the stock market was peaking, Siegel warned in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed column that technology stocks were headed for a precipitous fall. But it's mainly that, despite the market carnage of the past year and decade, Siegel's basic argument that "stocks will remain the best investment for all those seeking long-term gains" hasn't really been discredited...
...Middle East, change is measured in centuries, and dusty diplomatic phrases from talks 10 and 15 years back remain verbal screens for inaction long after the hopes they represent have been abandoned and the men who crafted them have retired to Cambridge and Palo Alto. For a hawk like Netanyahu to plainly say he supports a separate Palestine has the potential to redraw the political map, if not the geographical one. (See pictures of 60 years of Israel...
...always so popular on the mainland. Early models were even slower than today's; range was limited and batteries died in less than a year. Now they can travel as far as 100 km on a full charge, more than enough for a day's riding. But batteries remain the weak point. Most e-bikes rely on lead-acid batteries, cheap century-old technology unsuitable for the growing demands of daily commuting. "The battery is the key limiting factor," says Jonathan Weinert, a transportation expert who wrote his doctoral dissertation on electric bikes in China...