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...global recession has again exposed the structural weaknesses that plague Japan: overdependence on exports to drive economic growth, anemic domestic demand, inefficient enterprises and barriers to competition. It's no secret that the root of all of these problems is demographics. An aging population is shrinking Japan's labor force and consumer market. The country's working-age population (aged 15 and over) has declined 2% since 1999. Over the same period, the number of workers aged 65 and up expanded 19%, while the labor force of workers aged 25 to 34 shrank 9%. (Read "Japan: Stimulating the World Markets...
...first Ramadan is thought to have occurred during the middle of summer, explaining why the root of its name translates into Arabic as "the scorcher." A typical day starts as early as 3 a.m. with the predawn meal called the sahur, usually rich in protein and carbohydrates to get the faster through the long, foodless day. The rest of the day is spent reciting prayers, abstaining from bad deeds and reading the Koran. Fasters are expected to read the entire holy book within the month, and many mosques have taken to splitting it into 30 even portions recited in daily...
...Palahi, head of the Mediterranean office of the European Forest Institute (EFI) in Barcelona, says climate change is making fires in the region more frequent and more deadly, but governments won't be able to tackle them effectively if they keep pouring money into firefighting rather than tackling the root causes. "Every year it's the same problem," he says. "We're just crossing our fingers and hoping the weather will be mild, rather than actually planning [ahead]. We have been implementing a fire-extinction strategy. We should be implementing a fire-prevention strategy...
...experts agree. What's more, says Arturo Alvarado, a security analyst at El Colegio de México in Mexico City, "Programs like Mérida also need to direct more resources at curbing demand for drugs in the U.S. This has to be more about getting at the root causes of the drug war, not flashy short-term gestures that benefit U.S. helicopter manufacturers...
...situation in the Middle East is totally messy. Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence. The solution is to address the root causes: the Palestinian issue, peace and security in the Middle East and elimination of all nuclear weapons in the region...