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...even if they do, not all of the country's handicrafts are produced in the small factories that dot rural Russia. In Sergiyev Posad, the historic home of the nesting doll, many people still paint dolls in their living rooms and kitchens. While the government says it aims to save a traditional Russian art form, the artisans who still do the work in the most traditional way may be the ones who suffer most: they won't see a ruble of the government's stimulus package, which is directed only at large-scale factories. (Read "In Russia, a Recession-Plagued...
...first diplomat to fail to persuade Burma's generals to entertain any serious notion of real political reform. Going forward, Ban said he would brief the U.N. on the visit, and the organization would monitor the regime's progress on his proposals, which he did not outline in detail, save for saying election laws and an election commission should be established, and that all political prisoners should be released and all political parties be allowed to participate in the 2010 polls...
...Canada contributed $9.5 billion to the rescue of GM's operations north of the 49th parallel - a figure that works out to an unprecedented $2.1 million for each of 4,400 assembly jobs it hopes to save - while Mexico has sailed free? The short answer is that GM Mexico doesn't need a bailout because it's comfortably in the black. "If you have a profitable division at a time when the rest of your business is having a hard time, do you talk about it?" says analyst Pascual Francisco at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Mass., referring...
This Fourth of July weekend, millions of Americans will huddle around outdoor pits, ovens and grills to slowly cook themselves meaty, patriotic dishes slathered in sauce. Barbecue is about as red, white and blue as American cuisine gets, and for true carnivores, the only real question is how to save room for seconds...
...mayor of Dörentrup, Friedrich Ehlert, sees the new project as win-win. After he was forced to turn off the village lights to help save money, he faced complaints from angry residents worried about their safety when making their way home in the dark in the dead of night. He still defends his decision to flip the switch - "If I watch TV at home, and then go into another room, I switch the lights off in the lounge; people shouldn't expect the streetlights to be on when they're not outside" - but says that any money saved...