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...read what they want, but the state apparatus controls all TV news and steers most newspapers. Many nongovernmental organizations (ngos) that might shine a light on official abuses have been curbed; George Soros' Open Society Institute was shut down. These restrictions, which Putin argues were necessary to halt a slide into anarchy, are a big reason why others in the G-8 are critical. It's a problem that goes deeper than Putin: his approach has won substantial popular support, which means that any successor will likely continue along his path. Buoyed by stability and economic growth at home, Russia...
...other 36 global Communion provinces. It has a Nixon-goes-to-China meaningfulness. The fact that Williams is a church liberal who is known to be personally progressive on gay issues underlines the seriousness of his reaction. If Williams is greasing the skids for the Episcopalians, then their slide out seems almost guaranteed...
...Melbourne?affiliated Orygen Youth Health, he sees patients aged 15 to 24 whose symptoms may include mild paranoia and social impairment. Fish oil and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are sound first-up treatments, he says, but if they don't work it's unacceptable to wait for patients to slide into madness, though it's impossible to predict with certainty which ones will. "You've got to do something," McGorry says, meaning consider adding a neuroleptic drug to the treatment mix. "They've got no friends. They're sitting alone in their bedroom, their lives passing them...
...investor fears over inflation. Stock markets around the world have cracked sharply lower the past few weeks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing all the ground it had gained so far this year. Japan's stock market is down 11% on the year; gold has had its biggest slide in a decade and a half; and many emerging markets are wobbling. After Wednesday's Consumer Price Index report from the Labor Department, which showed a 0.4 percent increase in prices for May (core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3 percent), the stock market made a comeback...
...Investors are often caught flat-footed when markets slide. In 2001-02, deflation was the fear of the day, but few investors at the time saw the opportunity in commodities, which were going for a fraction of today's prices. Today investors are obsessed with inflation, while government and top-tier corporate bonds are shunned...