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...ability to create employment even though the population in the country is no longer growing rapidly is that any expansion in innovation or increased industrial activity will happen somewhere else. That place or those places have already been identified as India, China, and the other vibrant economies of southern Asia and Latin America. The case in their favor is simple. They have cheap labor. But, cheap labor is itself exhaustible. China has created a middle class, and so has India. The people in those middle classes will expect to be paid better and better over the years ahead. (See pictures...
...following soon afterward. In the U.S., where the CDC has confirmed 286 cases of H1N1 in nearly every state, health officials noted that the illness remained mild. Still, officials point out the need to maintain strict surveillance for new cases, in the U.S. and especially in countries in the southern hemisphere, where flu season is about to begin. (See the top five swine...
...that will be very important because should we decide to produce one, we want to make sure everything has been put in place that allows that to happen quickly. The other thing we want to do is look very closely and carefully at what takes place in the Southern Hemisphere during its upcoming flu season. How will this virus do compared to the others out there? That's an important question. Will it be mutating, in terms of its resistance? Right now the virus can be treated with Tamiflu and Relenza, and we want to make sure it stays that...
...Longtime financial backers of the 43rd President have raised more than $100 million for a presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas that will house his official papers, sources close to Bush told TIME. Much of the money was collected in the 100 days or so since Bush left the White House, a pace much faster than that of his recent predecessors. At least so far, none of it has come from overseas, the sources said. (See pictures of George W. Bush as President...
...major cities such as Islamabad and Lahore - though an influx into Karachi of people displaced by the fighting in the tribal areas has swelled that city's Pashtun population, which has in turn raised communal tensions there. While the Taliban is reported to have made some inroads in southern Punjab and has linked up with small militant groups based in the province, it remains a minor presence in those parts of the country where the majority of Pakistanis live. Even in the most generous assessments of their fighting strength, they are very lightly armed and outnumbered by the army...