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...faith seems well placed. Like its skyline, London's profile as a financial hub is rising. While the U.S.'s mammoth $13 trillion economy provides a bigger market in domestic shares listed on Wall Street's two major exchanges - nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange (n.y.s.e.) - Britain's more modest economy (it's the fifth largest in the world) has forced London to transform itself into a more internationally minded financial center to stay competitive. That transformation has become so successful lately that it has led to widespread speculation over whether London or New York City will become...
...extremely good aspects, such as a booming economy and increased opportunities for young people, but also bad sides, like Internet censorship and peasants' and laborers' poorly protected rights. China's leaders must be made to understand that democratic reforms are urgently needed. Not only is China's peaceful rise an aspiration of 1.3 billion Chinese, but it will be good for the rest of the world too. Kou Qin Augusta, Georgia...
...Prime Minister, Ali Mohammed Gedi, pleads eloquently for assistance. He also recognizes that no outside support will be sufficient if his government fails to rise above the clans. "It is a fully inclusive government," he declares. But few buy his rhetoric. "He is not consulting us," says Ugas Abdullah Ugas Farah, chairman of all Somalia's tribes. "That means clanism. And that means the man with the biggest gun is in charge." Mohamed Uluso, a clan leader from the Ayr tribe, adds: "There is no basic trust. The government is not reaching out to anyone. The people are charged...
...high will the waters rise? Scientists debated that question at a conference in Racine, Wis., last month. "We agree we can reasonably expect next year's maximum to be ten inches above this year's," says Charles Collinson, principal geologist at the Illinois State Geological Survey. Projections based on long-term weather patterns offer no comfort. Says Collinson: "We agree we can expect high lake levels for six years and possibly even a decade more." Curtis Larsen, a U.S. Geological Survey researcher who has studied the lakes' ebb and flow dating back 7,000 years, predicts Lake Michigan may ultimately...
...that’s probably the one that I’m the most proud of, is the fact that I’ve been getting to the line, and really going up strong.” Cusworth’s improvement of physique and health, along with the rise in his overall level of play, reflect the benefits of his coming back for a fifth season after sitting out the 2003-04 campaign, Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “He’s a little different than he was last year, you can see his maturity...