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...outlets have been known to behave more as political actors than objective observers. Still, other leading privately owned networks such as Venevision have allayed their criticism of the government. Local journalists say that a media law that increases penalties for slander has encouraged self-censorship. And even media owners soft on Chavez admit that the constant pro-government trailers and late-night slandering of the opposition on the main state-run channel, Venezolana de Television, is little more than propaganda. The international response hasn't been favorable either, as the European Union and the U.S. Senate have expressed concern...
...drums pulsate in gentle rhythms, then pick up the pace as the chanting and rocking crescendos to a fever pitch. As the sun sets, soft pink clouds are illuminated in the sky, and a single electric star glows from above the doorway of the mosque. Suddenly, the drums fall silent, and the dancing stops...
...indeed? Not everyone is convinced that a bust is inevitable. China's stellar track record of managing its economy over the past decade makes some analysts relatively confident a soft landing can be engineered. A hedge-fund manager in Shanghai notes that AIG, the insurance giant, tried this month to raise $1.3 billion to launch a China stock fund-and fell $400 million short of that goal. "There are signs that this is going to cool off, but not crash," he insists. Jun Ma, a Deutsche Bank economist in Hong Kong, says the recent rate hikes should keep inflation...
...cost of fresh fruits and vegetables is up 40% since 1985; meat, oil and soft drinks are down...
...special-ed students. The law insists--with consequences for failure--that schools make annual progress toward closing the achievement gap between rich and poor, black and white, and bring all students to grade-level proficiency in math and reading by 2014, ending what the President memorably called "the soft bigotry of low expectations...