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Social Harmony According to "Social Fabric," India is "simmering" with unrest at government inadequacy [Feb. 22]. India - unlike China - has grown organically, and largely by private enterprise. Hence, money and resources aren't simply accumulated by the government to parcel out as it sees fit. India's slow rise to prominence (again unlike China's state-sanctioned juggernaut) is actually pretty efficient at not radically altering the fabric of society. Neil McEwan, KENT, ENGLAND
...their fees for hosting an event double to almost $30 million in the past five years - $45 million for newer races in Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Korea. As a result, they've jacked up prices for the best seats over a race weekend to an average of $722, a rise of 50% from three years ago. Average three-day attendance fell from 187,724 in 2008 to 161, 613 in 2009. "In Bahrain, all you could see in the stands were a few civil servants," says one attendee. (See a brief history of Formula...
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...apparent refusal to acknowledge the possibility that money may have been skimmed off the top, which many aid agencies and humanitarian workers say routinely happens in developing nations. In fact, doubts in the last few years about whether relief supplies reach their intended sources in conflict zones have given rise to a whole new way of thinking about humanitarian aid - and caused some to question whether giving aid in times of war does any good at all. (See pictures of Geldof in Africa with President Bush...
...others. They spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of upsetting the government. In a report soon after that, Human Rights Watch accused the Meles government of rounding up and killing livestock in the region and blocking aid. The government has repeatedly denied such accusations. (Read about the rise of extremism in Somalia...